Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 25 wind turbines in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.
📍 16 turbines mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 55.86595 N · 2.43929 W.
25 turbines · operational · Borders
| Status | Operational |
|---|---|
| County / region | Borders |
| Turbines | 25 |
| Installed capacity | 62.5 MW |
| Turbine capacity | 2.5 MW |
| Tip height | not recorded |
| Operator (or applicant) | Fred Olsen Renewables |
| Turbine manufacturer | Nordex |
| Turbine model | N80-2.5 |
Nordex · N80-2.5 · 2.5 MW each · hub 60 m · rotor 80 m
Source: Fred. Olsen Renewables, operator project page, 2026, read on 2026-09-14. Corroborated by 2 further sources. Where OpenStreetMap tags differ, this record prevails.
Dated milestones from the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Q2 2026 — not estimates.
The register also records a planning permission expiry in Jan 2016, after commissioning: an administrative date with no effect on the operating wind farm, left off the axis.
DevelopmentConstructionOperationAhead (repowering horizon at 22 years)
From application to operation, this scheme took about 3 years.
The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 19577, Application Submitted): 10 turbines · 7.2 MW each · 230 m tip height · applicant Fred Olsen Renewables. Two schemes on one site usually mean a repowering or an extension — to be confirmed with the operator.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 3114.
The application was determined in about 21 months. A planning permission on this site expired in January 2016. The scheme has been operating for about 22 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 2.5 MW per turbine on average.
See all wind farms in Borders.
| Data | Source | Extract |
|---|---|---|
| Site, capacity, status, planning milestones | Renewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ, Open Government Licence v3) | Q2 2026, published 03/08/2026 |
| Turbine positions | OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) | 19/08/2026 |
| Manufacturer and model | OpenStreetMap 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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