Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Strath Oykel Wind Farm
Strath Oykel Wind Farm is a permitted battery storage plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Energiekontor Limited.
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 | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Creagan Breaca, Strath Oykel, Isle of Skye, IV56 | 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 | 8 Jan 2025 (permit ECU00003246, 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 | 16 May 2022 (reference ECU00003246, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Jan 2025 (granted, reference ECU00003246, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Energiekontor Limited (Energiekontor (UK) Limited, applicant) | 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 (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.9567, -4.6164 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00003246)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00003246)
How it compares
Strath Oykel Wind Farm is the 650th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,047th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 650th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,047th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,179th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 42 grid connections (25 operating, 318 MW) and 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achany Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Rosehall Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 23.5 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Strath Oykel Wind Farm 77.6MW grid connection | Grid connection | 77.6 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| Shin GSP | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Shin Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Conon Falls Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
Operator and place
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- Seagreen1,075 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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.