Beinneun Windfarm Extension

25 turbines · operational · Highland

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionHighland
Turbines25
Installed capacity85 MW
Turbine capacity3.4 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Octopus Investments/Blue Energy
Turbine manufacturernot recorded
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

Dated milestones from the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Q2 2026 — not estimates.

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Scheme REPD 3787 Application submitted November 2011 Permission granted November 2012 Under construction July 2015 Operational February 2017 Scheme REPD 3619 Application submitted October 2014 Permission granted June 2015 Under construction July 2015 Operational February 2017 Permission expired June 2018

From application to operation, this scheme took about 6 years.

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 3619, Operational): 7 turbines · 3.4 MW each · 136 m tip height · applicant Octopus Investments/Blue Energy. Two schemes on one site usually mean a repowering or an extension — to be confirmed with the operator.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 3787.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 12 months. Construction to first power took about 19 months. The scheme has been operating for about 9 years. That works out at 3.4 MW per turbine on average.

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