Millennium Extension (10 MW wind farm)
Millennium Extension is a 10 MW wind farm project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 December 2008; the record was last updated on 10 May 2016.
10 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
10 May 2016record last updated
Highlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 March 2007 | Application submitted |
| 12 January 2008 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 January 2008 | Construction started |
| 1 December 2008 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 10 May 2016
- Operator or applicant
- West Coast Energy /Falck Renewables
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Turbines
- 4
- Turbine height
- 125 m
- Address (REPD)
- Millennium Windfarm on The Achlain and Invergarry amd Aberchalder Estates Glengarry Invergarry Inverness-Shire
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 44 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3598
Who decides
| Applications | Highland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 160 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 68 (42%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 15 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 61 of 114 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 31 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 52.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 20 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millennium Extension II | wind farm | 15 | operational | 0.7 |
| Millennium Windfarm | wind farm | 40 | operational | 0.7 |
| Millennium East | wind farm | 49.6 | application submitted | 3.5 |
| Tomchrasky Estate Wind farm | wind farm | 84 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Beinneun II Windfarm | wind farm | 137 | application submitted | 5.7 |
| Beinneun Windfarm Extension | wind farm | 23.8 | operational | 7.5 |
| Beinneun | wind farm | 85 | operational | 7.5 |
| Bunloinn Wind Farm | wind farm | 66.6 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
| Torrdhuin, Auchteraw Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 9.9 |
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 (57.1502, -4.8912).