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24 turbines · operational · Borders

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionBorders
Turbines24
Installed capacity31.2 MW
Turbine capacity1.3 MW
Tip height80 m
Operator (or applicant)PowerGen and Natural Power
Turbine manufacturernot recorded
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

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

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Project timeline Application submitted March 2000 Permission granted August 2000 Operational September 2002

From application to operation, this scheme took about 2 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 3299.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 5 months. The scheme has been operating for about 24 years. At that age, wind farms commonly become candidates for repowering or life extension — nothing in the register confirms such a plan here. That works out at 1.3 MW per turbine on average.

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