Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Longcroft Wind Farm
Longcroft Wind Farm is a planned power plant in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Energy Systems.
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 | Longcroft Wind Farm Land East Of Longcroft Farmhouse Oxton, TD2 6QZ | 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 | 31 Oct 2023 (reference ECU00004774, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Energy Systems | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 55.7959, -2.7257 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Longcroft Wind Farm is the 285th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 755th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 285th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 755th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,832nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
Operator and place
More from Renewable Energy Systems
- Clune Wind Farm - Wind Farm187 MW · planned
- Bloch Wind Farm & Battery Storage (Solway Bank Extension)126 MW · planned
- Longcroft Wind Farm125 MW · planned
- Clune Wind Farm - Battery Energy Storage100 MW · planned
- South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage99.9 MW · permitted
- Llanbrynmair Wind Farm69 MW
- Cairn Duhie Wind Farm67.2 MW · permitted
- Keirs Hill (Sclenteuch) Wind Farm57.8 MW
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
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.