Power plant · Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, United Kingdom
Uisenis Wind Farm
Uisenis Wind Farm is a permitted power plant in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 165 MW of capacity, operated by Uisenis Power 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 | Na h-Eileanan Siar (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Sw/O Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 | 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 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 18 Sept 2025 (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 | 22 Aug 2023 (planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Sept 2025 (granted, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Uisenis Power Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 165 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 25 units (6.6 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 | 58.0442, -6.5453 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Uisenis Wind Farm is the 98th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 340th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 165 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 | 98th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.17% |
| United Kingdom | 340th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 963rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 22 grid connections (15 operating, 57.8 MW) and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laxay Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Maaruig Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Sandwick North Wind Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| Arnish Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Arnish Moor Wind Farm Addcap grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Planned | 19 km |
| Stornoway GSP | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
Operator and place
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- 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.