Mid Moile Wind Farm (99.4 MW)
Mid Moile Wind Farm is a 99.4 MW wind farm project in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 January 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 April 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 February 2022 | Application submitted |
| 30 January 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 30 January 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 99.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 April 2025
- Operator or applicant
- EnergieKontor UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00003405
- Turbines
- 15
- Turbine height
- 230 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Mid Moile, Mid Moile, Stranraer
- Council area (by location)
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Time to decision
- 154 weeks
- REPD reference
- 10537
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen App | wind farm | 22 | operational | 3.0 |
| Wind Turbines at High Mark Wind Farm 5km Ne/O Cairnryan | battery storage | 15 | application submitted | 6.2 |
| Wind Turbines at High Mark Wind Farm 5km Ne/O Cairnryan | wind farm | 50.4 | application submitted | 6.2 |
| Larbrax Wind Farm | wind farm | 19.2 | application submitted | 9.2 |
| Wind Farm at 14km E/O Craig Nab Wind Energy Hub | wind farm | 33 | application submitted | 9.2 |
| Larbrax Wind Farm | battery storage | 10 | application submitted | 9.2 |
| Stranoch 2 | wind farm | 84 | 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 (54.986, -5.0287).