Black Hill (Borders)

22 turbines · operational · Borders

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionBorders
Turbines22
Installed capacity28.6 MW
Turbine capacity1.3 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
Turbine manufacturernot recorded
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

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

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Project timeline Application submitted January 2001 Permission granted July 2001 Under construction May 2006 Operational February 2007

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

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 3574.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 6 months. Construction to first power took about 9 months. The scheme has been operating for about 19 years. That works out at 1.3 MW per turbine on average.

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