Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mains Of Cairnbrogie, Oldmeldrum - Wind turbine
Mains Of Cairnbrogie, Oldmeldrum - Wind turbine is a planned power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4.2 MW of capacity, operated by MountWest 838 Limited.
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 | Mains Of Cairnbrogie, Oldmeldrum, Inverurie, Ellon, AB41 7NR | 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 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Jan 2026 (reference APP/2025/2052, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | MountWest 838 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.2 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 1 units (4.2 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 | 57.3646, -2.2550 | 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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Mains Of Cairnbrogie, Oldmeldrum - Wind turbine is the 763rd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,597th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.2 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 | 763rd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,597th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,741st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 148 grid connections (64 operating, 481 MW), 83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairnbrogie Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Cairnbrogie Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.1 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Courtstone Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.19 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Oldmeldrum Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Methlick Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Fyvie Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.