Power plant · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
West Scales Energy Park
West Scales Energy Park is a planned power plant in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 24.8 MW of capacity, operated by West Scales Windfarm 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 | Dumfries and Galloway (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Scales Energy Park Approx. 3km West Of Gretna, DG16 5JH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | 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 | 7 May 2026 (reference 26/0744/FUL, planning authority Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | West Scales Windfarm Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24.8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 4 units (6.2 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 | 54.9976, -3.1302 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Dumfries and Galloway, reference 26/0744/FUL)
How it compares
West Scales Energy Park is the 558th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,796th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 24.8 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 558th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,796th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,439th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 81 grid connections (44 operating, 478 MW), 38 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Burn Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 31.1 MW | Operating | 6.3 km |
| Burnfoot Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 9.1 km |
| Hespin Wood Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.33 MW | Operating | 9.9 km |
| Westlinton | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Harker / Hutton GSP | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Carlisle North BSP | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 27 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.