Douglas West and Dalquhandy Renewable Energy Project

13 turbines · operational · Lanarkshire

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionLanarkshire
Turbines13
Installed capacity45 MW
Turbine capacity4.2 MW
Tip height149.9 m
Operator (or applicant)Greencoat (formerly 3R Energy/Blue Energy) / BayWa r.e
Turbine manufacturerVestas
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

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

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Project timeline Application submitted July 2015 Permission granted February 2016 Permission expired February 2021 Under construction March 2021 Operational January 2023

From application to operation, this scheme took about 8 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 5393.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 7 months. Construction to first power took about 22 months. A planning permission on this site expired in February 2021. The scheme has been operating for about 3 years. That works out at 3.46 MW per turbine on average.

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