Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
South Cassingray Wind Farm
South Cassingray Wind Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4.6 MW of capacity.
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 | Fife (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | 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 | 20 Jul 2010 (reference 10/02616/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Jul 2011 (appeal refused, reference 10/02616/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Dec 2011 (refused, reference 10/02616/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 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 | 56.2580, -2.8319 | 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, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority Fife, reference 10/02616/FULL)
- Permit refused (appeal refused, planning authority Fife, reference 10/02616/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 10/02616/FULL)
How it compares
South Cassingray was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 4.6 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 169 grid connections (75 operating, 1,195 MW), 153 substations and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colinsburgh | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Bonerbo Wind Cluster grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| St. Andrews | Substation | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Anstruther | Substation | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Fife Energy Park Wind Turbine Test Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Diageo Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
Place
Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.