Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 1 wind turbine in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.
📍 1 turbine mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 60.19258 N · 1.16622 W.
1 turbines · operational · Shetland
| Status | Operational |
|---|---|
| County / region | Shetland |
| Turbines | 1 |
| Installed capacity | 3 MW |
| Turbine capacity | 3 MW |
| Tip height | not recorded |
| Operator (or applicant) | Shetland Aerogenerators |
| Turbine manufacturer | Enercon |
| Turbine model | not recorded |
Dated milestones from the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Q2 2026 — not estimates.
The register also records a planning permission expiry in Feb 2011, in the same month as, or before, the permission was granted: it refers to an earlier permission, left off the axis.
DevelopmentConstructionOperationAhead (repowering horizon at 22 years)
From application to operation, this scheme took about 4 years.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 4075.
The application was determined in about 6 months. Construction to first power took about 4 months. A planning permission on this site expired in February 2011. The scheme has been operating for about 11 years. That works out at 3 MW per turbine on average.
| 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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