Crystal Rig Extension II

9 turbines · operational · Borders

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionBorders
Turbines9
Installed capacity20.7 MW
Turbine capacity2.3 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Natural Power Consultants
Turbine manufacturerSiemens Gamesa
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

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

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Project timeline Application submitted May 2004 Permission granted May 2005 Under construction August 2008 Operational October 2010

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 3536.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 12 months. Construction to first power took about 26 months. The scheme has been operating for about 16 years. That works out at 2.3 MW per turbine on average.

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