Power plant · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hopsrig Wind Farm
Hopsrig Wind Farm is a power plant in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 42 MW of capacity, operated by 2020 Renewables and Buccleuch Estate.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Dumfries and Galloway (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 7.5Km NW of Langholm, Westerkirk, Langholm, DG13 0A | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Unknown (revised) | 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 |
| Permit date | 28 Jan 2019 (permit 17/0415/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Mar 2017 (reference 17/0415/FUL, planning authority Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Jan 2019 (appeal granted, reference 17/0415/FUL, planning authority Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Aug 2018 (refused, reference 17/0415/FUL, planning authority Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Jan 2019 (granted, reference 17/0415/FUL, planning authority Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | 2020 Renewables (Buccleuch Estate/ 2020 Renewables) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Buccleuch Estate (Buccleuch Estate/ 2020 Renewables) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 42 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 12 units (3.5 MW per unit) | 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 | 55.1883, -3.1377 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Dumfries and Galloway, reference 17/0415/FUL)
- Permit granted (planning authority Dumfries and Galloway, reference 17/0415/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority Dumfries and Galloway, reference 17/0415/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dumfries and Galloway, reference 17/0415/FUL)
How it compares
Hopsrig Wind Farm is the 225th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 549th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 42 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 225th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | 0.12% |
| United Kingdom | 549th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,203rd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 40 grid connections (20 operating, 139 MW), 21 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Burn Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 31.1 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Easton | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 km |
| Burnfoot Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 24 km |
| Hallburn Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 13.2 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Kinkry Hill | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Westlinton | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
Operators and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.