Power plant · East Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Moorshield Wind Farm
Moorshield Wind Farm is a permitted power plant in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, operated by EDPR and Wind 2 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Renfrewshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adj 630m E/O Shieldhill Farm, Ayr Road, Loganswell, Glasgow, G77 6RY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission 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 Sept 2024 (permit 2023/0542/TP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Sept 2023 (reference 2023/0542/TP, planning authority East Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Sept 2024 (granted, reference 2023/0542/TP, planning authority East Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EDPR (Wind 2 / EDPR) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wind 2 Limited (Wind 2 / EDPR) | 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 | 3 units (5 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 | 55.7438, -4.3651 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority East Renfrewshire, reference 2023/0542/TP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Renfrewshire, reference 2023/0542/TP)
How it compares
Moorshield 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: 14 substations, 9 grid connections (4 operating, 26.9 MW) and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
Operators and place
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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.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.