Fairburn

20 turbines · operational · Highland

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionHighland
Turbines20
Installed capacity43 MW
Turbine capacity2.15 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Original scheme Permission expired January 2000 Application submitted May 2005 Permission granted January 2008 Under construction February 2009 Operational June 2010 Later scheme Application submitted July 2013

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

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 3883, Application Withdrawn): 12 turbines · 3 MW each · applicant Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE). 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 4675.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 32 months. Construction to first power took about 16 months. A planning permission on this site expired in January 2000. The scheme has been operating for about 16 years. That works out at 2.15 MW per turbine on average.

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