Power plant · Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Killean Wind Farm
Killean Wind Farm is a planned power plant in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 59.4 MW of capacity, operated by RES 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 | Argyll and Bute (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 1.8km east of Tayinloan, Kintyre, Tarbert, PA29 | 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 | 15 Aug 2024 (reference ECU00004927, planning authority 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 | 59.4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 9 units (6.6 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 | 55.6496, -5.6170 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004927)
How it compares
Killean Wind Farm is the 262nd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 697th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 59.4 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 262nd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 697th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,695th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 29 grid connections (15 operating, 126 MW) and 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narachan Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 72.6 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Clachaig Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 52.8 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Clachaig Glen Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Ballure Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Carradale 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Carradale 2 GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.8 km |
Operator and place
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- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
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- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
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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.
- 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.