Power plant · Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rowan Wind Farm
Rowan Wind Farm is a permitted power plant in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Energiekontor UK.
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 | Argyll and Bute (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Kilberry Wind Farm Kilberry, PA20 | 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 |
| Permit date | 26 Apr 2024 (permit ECU00003230, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Feb 2022 (reference ECU00003230, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Apr 2024 (granted, reference ECU00003230, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Energiekontor UK | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.4619, -5.8596 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Rowan Wind Farm is the 739th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,484th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 739th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,484th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,616th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 31 substations and 16 grid connections (11 operating, 54.1 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishnish Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Salen, Acharacle Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Barr River Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 1.05 MW | Operating | 9.8 km |
| Lochaline Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Hydro Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Kilmelford Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 32 km |
Operator and place
More from Energiekontor UK
- Mid Moile Wind Farm99.4 MW · permitted
- Rowan Wind Farm85.8 MW · permitted
- Narachan Wind Farm72.6 MW
- Allt Domhain Wind Farm, Glenbarr - Wind Turbines64.8 MW · planned
- Lairg 2 Wind Farm49.9 MW · under construction
- Fell Wind Farm49 MW · permitted
- Garbet Windfarm - Wind Farm & Storage facility46.2 MW · under construction
- Longhill Burn Wind Farm45.6 MW · under construction
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- 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
- 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.