Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Shielburn Farm

Shielburn Farm is a power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.9 MW of capacity, operated by Green Cat Renewables.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Newton Of Fortrie, Fortrie Turriff AB53 4HL	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (operational)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	2013	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	24 Oct 2012 (permit APP/2009/4072, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Aberdeenshire)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	17 Dec 2009 (reference APP/2009/4072, planning authority Aberdeenshire)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	24 Oct 2012 (granted, reference APP/2009/4072, planning authority Aberdeenshire)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Green Cat Renewables	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	6.9 MW	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units	3 units (2.3 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	57.5015, -2.5388	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

30 Mar 2013Commissioned
24 Oct 2012Permit granted (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2009/4072)
17 Dec 2009Permit applied for (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2009/4072)

How it compares

Shielburn Farm is the 782nd-largest of 1,326 power plants in Scotland and the 2,825th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.9 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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	782nd of 1,326	40,645 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	2,825th of 5,723	136,106 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	8,328th of 12,705	1,210,931 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

2013Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 137 grid connections (59 operating, 394 MW), 88 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
Carlincraig Wind Farm grid connection	Grid connection	4.37 MW	Operating	0.2 km
Newton of Fortrie Windfarm grid connection	Grid connection	6.56 MW	Operating	0.2 km
Turriff Carlincraig Wind grid connection	Grid connection	4.6 MW	Planned	0.2 km
Turriff Primary	Substation	—	—	6.4 km
Marnoch Primary	Substation	—	—	9.2 km
Rothienorman GSP	Substation	—	—	10 km
Brightsolid	Data center	—	—	45 km

Operator and place

Grid connections attached to this power plant

Newton of Fortrie Windfarm grid connection6.56 MW

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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.
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