Windy Standard I Repower (49.6 MW)
Windy Standard I Repower is a 49.6 MW wind farm project in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 26 August 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 1 October 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 December 2022 | Application submitted |
| 26 August 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 49.6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 1 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Fred Olsen Renewables
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00003324
- Turbines
- 8
- Turbine height
- 200 m
- Address (REPD)
- Carsphairn Forest
- Council area (by location)
- not known
- Time to decision
- 142 weeks
- REPD reference
- 10539
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afton Wind Farm | wind farm | 50 | operational | 1.7 |
| Brochloch Rig 1 (formerly Windy Standard) | wind farm | 21.6 | operational | 1.9 |
| Brochloch Rig (formerly Windy Standard II) | wind farm | 90 | operational | 2.1 |
| Windy Rig Wind Farm | wind farm | 43 | operational | 4.2 |
| Ashmark Hill Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | refused | 4.5 |
| Windy Standard III Wind Farm (Brockloch Rig Phase 2) | wind farm | 87.6 | under construction | 4.6 |
| Enoch Hill | wind farm | 70 | operational | 5.5 |
| Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 22.5 | application submitted | 5.6 |
| Euchanhead Wind Farm | wind farm | 126 | application submitted | 5.9 |
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 (55.3107, -4.2005).