Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lees Hill Energy Park
Lees Hill Energy Park is a planned power plant in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 60 MW of capacity, operated by Fred Olsen Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scottish Borders (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Lees Hill Energy Park, S/O Black Hill Wind Farm, Stobswood Road, Duns, TD11 3NT | 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 |
| Application date | 16 Apr 2024 (reference ECU00004571, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Fred Olsen Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.7783, -2.3431 | 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 ECU00004571)
How it compares
Lees Hill Energy Park is the 252nd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 672nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 60 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 | 252nd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 672nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,661st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 grid connections (3 operating, 77.5 MW) and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Battery storage and Gas 2.8 MW grid connection at Denwick | Grid connection | 2.8 MW | Planned | 43 km |
| Solar 2.845 MW grid connection at Denwick | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 43 km |
| Wind 20.5 MW grid connection at Wandylaw Windfarm | Grid connection | 20.5 MW | Operating | 46 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Operator and place
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- Brochloch Rig (formerly Windy Standard II)90 MW
- Windy Standard III Wind Farm (Brockloch Rig Phase 2)87.6 MW · under construction
- Crystal Rig Phase 1 Repowering72 MW · planned
- Paul's Hill and Extension65 MW
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Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.