Power plant · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mochrum Fell Wind Farm
Mochrum Fell Wind Farm is a planned power plant in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 24 MW of capacity, operated by Falck 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 | Dumfries and Galloway (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Barwhillarty Estate & Glenswinton Farm, DG7 3NS | 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 | 1 Oct 2020 (reference 20/1683/FUL, planning authority Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Falck Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 7 units | 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 | 55.0355, -4.0421 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Dumfries and Galloway, reference 20/1683/FUL)
How it compares
Mochrum Fell Wind Farm is the 559th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,800th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 24 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 | 559th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,800th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,456th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 grid connections (200 MW) and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Rigg East Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 94.1 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| Robin Rigg West Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 94.1 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| Silloth | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Hellrigg Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 49 km |
Operator and place
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- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.