Garbet Windfarm Wind Farm & Storage facility (46.2 MW)
Garbet Windfarm Wind Farm & Storage facility is a 46.2 MW wind farm project in Moray, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 March 2025; the record was last updated on 8 July 2025.
46.2 MWwind farm
under constructionstatus in REPD
8 July 2025record last updated
Moraycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 January 2021 | Application submitted |
| 26 November 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 December 2021 | Appeal lodged |
| 26 September 2022 | Appeal allowed |
| 1 March 2025 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 46.2 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 8 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Energiekontor UK Limited / Uniper
- Planning authority
- Moray
- Planning application reference
- 21/00020/EIA
- Turbines
- 8
- Turbine height
- 200 m
- Address (REPD)
- SE/O Dufftown Keith Grampian
- Council area (by location)
- Moray
- Time to decision
- 46 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR5
- Name in REPD
- Garbet Windfarm - Wind Farm & Storage facility
- REPD reference
- 8468
The scheme also includes 3 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (under construction).
Who decides
| Applications | Moray | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 21 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (33%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 2 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 7 of 14 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 60.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Watch Wind Farm & Battery Storage | wind farm | 72.6 | application submitted | <0.1 |
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 (57.4458, -3.1296).