Earraghail Renewable Energy Development (78 MW wind farm)
Earraghail Renewable Energy Development is a 78 MW wind farm project in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Its status: refused on 14 February 2025 (Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit). The Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) still records: application submitted on 21 February 2022, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 8 March 2023. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 February 2022 | Application submitted |
| 14 February 2025 | Refused (Scottish Ministers) |
Status source: Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit. The Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) still shows this project as “application submitted”.
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 78 MW
- Status
- refused (Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit; REPD: application submitted)
- Record last updated
- 8 March 2023
- Operator or applicant
- ScottishPower Renewables
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00003421
- Turbines
- 13
- Turbine height
- 180 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land approximately 1.2km south of Tarbert and 1.1km north of Skipness,
- Council area (by location)
- not known
- REPD reference
- 7873
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earraghail Renewable Energy Development | solar farm | 5 | refused | 1.2 |
| Freasdail Wind Farm | wind farm | 22.5 | operational | 7.3 |
| Sheirdrim Renewable Energy Development Wind | wind farm | 114 | refused on appeal | 8.9 |
| Sheirdrim Renewable Energy Development Battery | battery storage | 38 | refused on appeal | 8.9 |
| Sheirdrim Renewable Energy Development Solar | solar farm | 20 | refused on appeal | 8.9 |
| Gartnagrenach | wind farm | 24 | application withdrawn | 9.0 |
| Eascairt Wind Farm | wind farm | 26 | approved, not built | 9.6 |
Status and events credited to a named source are from that source; other 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 (55.8163, -5.3778).