Broken Cross (Former Surface Mine)

10 turbines · operational · Lanarkshire

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionLanarkshire
Turbines10
Installed capacity48 MW
Turbine capacitynot recorded
Tip height149.9 m
Operator (or applicant)BayWa r.e. UK Limited
Turbine manufacturerNordex
Turbine modelN133

♻️ Project timeline

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

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Project timeline Application submitted October 2019 Permission granted April 2020 Under construction July 2023 Permission expired April 2024 Operational October 2024

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

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 6708.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 6 months. Construction to first power took about 15 months. A planning permission on this site expired in April 2024. The scheme has been operating for about 2 years. That works out at 4.8 MW per turbine on average.

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