Power plant · Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Knowes Farm
Knowes Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.7 MW of capacity, operated by Knowes Renewables Llp.
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 | Perth and Kinross (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Knowes Farm Dunning Perth, PH2 0RB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | 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 | 26 May 2014 (reference 14/00837/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Dec 2014 (refused, reference 14/00837/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Knowes Renewables Llp (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7.7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 9 units (0.85 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 | 56.3066, -3.5874 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 14/00837/FLL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 14/00837/FLL)
How it compares
Knowes Farm is the 770th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 2,793rd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7.7 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 770th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,793rd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,240th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 75 grid connections (27 operating, 422 MW), 63 substations and 7 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Findony grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Forteviot Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Dupplin Solar 75MW BESS&Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 75 MW | Planned | 6.7 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 8.8 km |
| Gleneagles Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
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