Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kellas Wind Farm
Kellas Wind Farm is a permitted power plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by E Power Limited.
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 | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 10km SW/O Elgin, IV30 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 22 Jan 2026 (permit ECU00005054, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Mar 2024 (reference ECU00005054, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Jan 2026 (granted, reference ECU00005054, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | E Power Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.5613, -3.3725 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005054)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005054)
How it compares
Kellas Wind Farm is the 445th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,321st-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 445th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,321st of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,733rd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 64 grid connections (26 operating, 493 MW) and 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Rothes Wind Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 48.1 MW | Operating | 5.9 km |
| Cairn Uish Phase 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 39.3 MW | Operating | 6.2 km |
| Bilbohall Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.8 km |
| Ashgrove Primary | Substation | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 10 km |
Operator and place
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- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Braston New Energy500 MW
- Gretna Green Battery Storage456 MW
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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.