Ben Aketil Extension

10 turbines · operational · Highland

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionHighland
Turbines10
Installed capacity23 MW
Turbine capacity2.3 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)RDC Scotland (Renewable Development Co.)
Turbine manufacturernot recorded
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

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

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Original scheme Application submitted August 2002 Permission granted September 2005 Operational September 2007 Later scheme Application submitted April 2009 Permission granted February 2010 Permission expired February 2010 Under construction April 2010 Operational January 2011

From application to operation, this scheme took about 5 years.

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 3668, Operational): 2 turbines · 2.3 MW each · applicant Ben Aketil Wind Energy Ltd. 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 3135.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 37 months. The scheme has been operating for about 19 years. That works out at 2.3 MW per turbine on average.

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