Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lurg Hill Wind Farm
Lurg Hill Wind Farm is a permitted power plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, operated by Vento Ludens.
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 | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Lurg Hill, Grange, Deskford, Keith, Grampian, AB55 6TA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal 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 | 25 Feb 2019 (permit 17/01198/EIA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Sept 2017 (reference 17/01198/EIA, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Jun 2018 (refused, reference 17/01198/EIA, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Feb 2019 (appeal granted, reference 17/01198/EIA, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Feb 2019 (granted, reference 17/01198/EIA, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Vento Ludens | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 5 units (3 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 | 57.6176, -2.8156 | 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 (appeal granted, planning authority Moray, reference 17/01198/EIA)
- Permit granted (planning authority Moray, reference 17/01198/EIA)
- Permit refused (planning authority Moray, reference 17/01198/EIA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Moray, reference 17/01198/EIA)
How it compares
Lurg Hill Wind Farm is the 644th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,094th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 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 | 644th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,094th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,421st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 99 grid connections (47 operating, 478 MW) and 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lurg Hill Wind Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Netherton of Windyhills grid connection | Grid connection | 4.37 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Lurghill Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 2.4 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Cullen Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Limehillocks Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Portsoy Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.4 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.