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Broken Cross (Former Surface Mine)
Broken Cross (Former Surface Mine) is operational in South Lanarkshire with a recorded capacity of 48 MW, and has been generating since 2024-10-01.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2019-10-30 |
| Permission granted | 2020-04-21 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 2024-10-01 53 months after consent |
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How big is Broken Cross (Former Surface Mine)?
Broken Cross (Former Surface Mine) has a recorded installed capacity of 48 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Broken Cross (Former Surface Mine)?
REPD records the operator as BayWa r.e. UK Limited. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Broken Cross (Former Surface Mine) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2019-10-30. Permission was granted on 2020-04-21, 6 months later. The site became operational on 2024-10-01, 53 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 6708.
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