🌬️ Onshore wind farm

Black Hill (Borders)
Borders

Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 22 wind turbines in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.

22
turbines
28.6 MW
MW total
1.3 MW
per turbine

📍 22 turbines mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 55.79936 N · 2.431 W.

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 manufacturerSiemens (secondary source)
Turbine modelSWT-1.3 (secondary source)
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○ Cross-checked reference — turbine make and model (secondary source)

Siemens · SWT-1.3 · 22 turbines · 1.3 MW each

Source: Wikipedia, list of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom (compiled from UKWED and The Wind Power), read on 2026-09-19. This is a compiled list, not a primary record. It is shown because two independent facts — turbine count and rated power — match the database exactly. Awaiting confirmation from a primary source.

♻️ Project timeline

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

→ ~202920052010201520202025today1234
  1. 1Jan 2001 — Application submitted
  2. 2Jul 2001 — Permission granted
  3. 3May 2006 — Under construction
  4. 4Feb 2007 — Operational

DevelopmentConstructionOperationAhead (repowering horizon at 22 years)

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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Sources and dates

DataSourceExtract
Site, capacity, status, planning milestonesRenewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ, Open Government Licence v3)Q2 2026, published 03/08/2026
Turbine positionsOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)19/08/2026
Manufacturer and modelOpenStreetMap tags, unverified — REPD does not record turbine models. Known for 41 % of UK turbines (manufacturer) and 32 % (model); some values are propagated within a site and may be wrong.19/08/2026

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