Windy Rig Wind Farm

12 turbines · revised · Dumfries and Galloway

Wind farm facts

StatusRevised
County / regionDumfries and Galloway
Turbines12
Installed capacity43 MW
Turbine capacity3 MW
Tip height125 m
Operator (or applicant)Statkraft
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 Scheme REPD 4430 Application submitted May 2015 Permission granted November 2018 Permission expired November 2023 Scheme REPD 7562 Application submitted June 2019 Permission granted November 2019 Under construction March 2020 Operational October 2021 Permission expired November 2022

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 7562, Operational): 12 turbines · 125 m tip height · applicant Statkraft UK. 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 4430.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 42 months. A planning permission on this site expired in November 2023. That works out at 3.58 MW per turbine on average.

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