Sandy Knowe Wind Farm

24 turbines · operational · Dumfries and Galloway

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionDumfries and Galloway
Turbines24
Installed capacity81.6 MW
Turbine capacitynot recorded
Tip height125 m
Operator (or applicant)ERG
Turbine manufacturerVestas
Turbine modelV136-4.5

♻️ Project timeline

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

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 Scheme REPD 6703 Application submitted August 2018 Under construction October 2020 Operational February 2023 Permission expired July 2023 Scheme REPD 12079 Application submitted August 2022 Permission granted August 2025 Permission expired August 2030

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

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 12079, Awaiting Construction): 6 turbines · 3.6 MW each · 149 m tip height · applicant Executive Resource Group. 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 6703.

What the register tells us

Construction to first power took about 28 months. A planning permission on this site expired in July 2023. The scheme has been operating for about 3 years. That works out at 3.4 MW per turbine on average.

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