Power plant · Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

North Nesting Wind, Shetland

North Nesting Wind, Shetland is a cancelled power plant in Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 250 MW of capacity, operated by Scottish and Southern Energy.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Shetland Islands (coordinates), Scotland	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Old Schoolhouse, Brettabister, Shetland	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Cancelled (abandoned)	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
Operator	Scottish and Southern Energy (Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE))	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	250 MW	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	60.3198, -1.1734	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

North Nesting Wind, Shetland is the 16th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 69th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 250 MW is 0.22% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Scotland	16th of 1,196	34,589 MW	0.72%
United Kingdom	69th of 5,050	115,642 MW	0.22%
All power plants in our data	1,018th of 12,008	1,173,302 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 24 grid connections (17 operating, 81.1 MW) and 11 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
Shetland Wind Farm grid connection	Grid connection	22.4 MW	Planned	5.3 km
Voe Primary	Substation	—	—	5.6 km
Hill of Wethersta grid connection	Grid connection	5.2 MW	Planned	12 km
Burradale Hill 2 grid connection	Grid connection	1.75 MW	Operating	13 km
Brae Primary	Substation	—	—	13 km
Tumblin Primary	Substation	—	—	14 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.
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.