Hammar's Hill

5 turbines · operational · Orkney Islands

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionOrkney Islands
Turbines5
Installed capacity4.3 MW
Turbine capacity0.9 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Hammers Hill Energy Ltd
Turbine manufacturerEnercon
Turbine modelE44

♻️ Project timeline

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

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Project timeline Application submitted March 2008 Permission granted January 2009 Under construction September 2009 Operational September 2010 Refused April 2013

From application to operation, this scheme took about 2 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 2697.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 10 months. Construction to first power took about 12 months. The register records a refusal in April 2013 before the scheme progressed. The scheme has been operating for about 16 years. That works out at 0.86 MW per turbine on average.

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