Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hill of Fare - Hill of Fare Wind Farm & Battery Storage
Hill of Fare - Hill of Fare Wind Farm & Battery Storage is a planned power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 106 MW of capacity, operated by RES Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hill of Fare, Banchory, AB31 4ED | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Nov 2023 (ref. ECU00004592, Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RES Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 106 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 16 units | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.1161, -2.4928 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Hill of Fare - Hill of Fare Wind Farm & Battery Storage is the 135th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 413th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 106 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 135th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 413th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,239th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 100 grid connections (41 operating, 365 MW) and 74 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midmar Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Banchory Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Invercannie Waterworks PV grid connection | Grid connection | 1.88 MW | Planned | 7.4 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 8.75 MW grid connection at Kintore Grid | Grid connection | 8.75 MW | Operating | 7.8 km |
| Easter Tolmauds Wind 3X8DATA NOT Availabledata NOT AVAILABLEKW grid connection | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 9.0 km |
| Park Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.5 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.