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Sanquhar 2 Community Wind Farm

Sanquhar 2 Community Wind Farm is a battery storage site under construction in Scotland. Planning permission was granted on 31 August 2023, 53 months after submission. Operator of record: Community Windpower.

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Capacity

as recorded in REPD

Under Construction

Status

no operational date

Battery

Technology

Community Windpower

National

Authority

Scotland

Planning and build timeline

Application submitted	21 March 2019
Permission granted	31 August 2023 53 months after submission
Operational	not recorded

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Other built sites within 15 km

Site	MW	Distance
Sanquhar 2 Community Wind Farm Wind Onshore · Under Construction	308	0 km
Sanquhar Community Windfarm Wind Onshore · Operational	32.4	4.4 km
Whiteside Hill Wind Onshore · Operational	25.3	6.1 km
Afton Wind Farm Wind Onshore · Operational	50	6.5 km
Hare Hill (East Ayrshire) Wind Onshore · Operational	13.2	7 km
Hare Hill Extension Wind Onshore · Operational	29.8	7 km
Brochloch Rig 1 (formerly Windy Standard) Wind Onshore · Operational	21.6	7.1 km
Sandy Knowe Wind Farm Wind Onshore · Operational	81.6	7.3 km

How big is Sanquhar 2 Community Wind Farm?

REPD does not record an installed capacity for Sanquhar 2 Community Wind Farm.

Who operates Sanquhar 2 Community Wind Farm?

REPD records the operator as Community Windpower. 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 Sanquhar 2 Community Wind Farm approved and built?

The application was submitted on 21 March 2019. Permission was granted on 31 August 2023, 53 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.

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 14708.

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