Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Land to the north west of Hill of Petty
Land to the north west of Hill of Petty is a permitted power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3.6 MW of capacity, operated by Green Cat Renewables.
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 | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hill of Petty, Fyvie, Turriff, Grampian, AB53 8QR | 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 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 18 Feb 2016 (permit APP/2015/0112, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Jan 2015 (reference APP/2015/0112, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Feb 2016 (granted, reference APP/2015/0112, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Cat Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 4 units (0.9 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 | 57.4147, -2.4137 | 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 granted (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2015/0112)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2015/0112)
How it compares
Land to the north west of Hill of Petty is the 785th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,654th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.6 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 | 785th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,654th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,811th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 143 grid connections (62 operating, 409 MW), 85 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fyvie Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Wind 4.526 MW grid connection at Braco West Grid | Grid connection | 4.53 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Phase 2 Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| St JOHNS Wells Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Rothienorman GSP | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Methlick Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
Operator 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.