Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm
Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm is a wind power plant under construction in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 57 MW of capacity, operated by Thrive Renewables.
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 | Scottish Borders (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm, Tweedsmuir, Biggar, ML12 6QS | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | 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 | 7 Dec 2017 (permit EC00002090, 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 | 19 Jan 2015 (reference EC00002090, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Dec 2017 (granted, reference EC00002090, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Dec 2017 (appeal granted, reference EC00002090, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Thrive Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 57 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 14 units (4 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 | 55.4794, -3.4854 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference EC00002090)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference EC00002090)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference EC00002090)
How it compares
Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm is the 255th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 652nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 57 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 255th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 652nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,692nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 49 km |
Operator and place
More from Thrive Renewables
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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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.