Power plant · East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Townhead Farm
Townhead Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 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 | East Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |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 | 11 May 2009 (reference 09/00385/FUL, planning authority East Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Jul 2009 (withdrawn, reference 09/00385/FUL, planning authority East Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units (2 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 | 55.9075, -2.7183 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Latest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority East Lothian, reference 09/00385/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Lothian, reference 09/00385/FUL)
How it compares
Townhead Farm was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 6 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 128 substations, 111 grid connections (64 operating, 1,072 MW) and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peppercraigs | Substation | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Harperdean Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 7.7 km |
| East Linton | Substation | — | — | 9.0 km |
| Gen Dg, G98, Windymains Sawmill, Humbi grid connection | Grid connection | 1.65 MW | Planned | 11 km |
| Pencaitland | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Tyler Hill grid connection | Grid connection | 51 MW | Planned | 12 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 33 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.