Blackhills Wind Farm (43.2 MW)
Blackhills Wind Farm is a 43.2 MW wind farm project in Moray, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 7 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 6 October 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 43.2 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 6 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Koehler Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005136
- Turbines
- 6
- Turbine height
- 200 m
- Address (REPD)
- Blackhills Estate, Approximately 6km SE/O Elgin & 7km SW/O Fochabers, Fochabers
- Council area (by location)
- Moray
- REPD reference
- 16878
The scheme also includes 20 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. Scottish Government (S36) refused 18% of 334 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 127 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Muir Wind Farm (resubmission) | wind farm | 36 | refused on appeal | 3.0 |
| Hill of Towie II Wind Farm | wind farm | 48 | permission expired | 7.7 |
| Hill of Towie (Drummuir) | wind farm | 48 | operational | 7.7 |
| Milltown Airfield (Speyslaw) | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Teindland Wind Farm | wind farm | 85 | application submitted | 8.6 |
| Speyslaw Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 8.8 |
| Speyslaw Farm | battery storage | 19.9 | approved, not built | 8.8 |
| Bishopmill | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 9.2 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (57.6042, -3.2168).