Power plant · South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Woolfords Farm - Onshore Wind Turbines
Woolfords Farm - Onshore Wind Turbines is a permitted wind power plant in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 19.8 MW of capacity, operated by Woolffords Wind Energy 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 | South Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 940M NW/O Woolfords Farm, C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Woolfords West Calder, EH55 8LH | 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 | 30 May 2025 (permit P/22/0031, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Jan 2022 (reference P/22/0031, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 May 2025 (granted, reference P/22/0031, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Woolffords Wind Energy Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19.8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units | 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 | 55.8023, -3.6040 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference P/22/0031)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference P/22/0031)
How it compares
Woolfords Farm - Onshore Wind Turbines is the 556th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,680th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19.8 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 | 556th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,680th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,740th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 14 data centers, 3 grid connections (1 operating, 21.4 MW) and 3 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 43 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 49 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.