Awaiting Constructiononshore · REPD 5198

Hesta Head Wind Farm

Hesta Head (Land Near), South Ronaldsay Windwick, Kirkwall, Orkney Isles, Orkney Islands, Scotland, Scotland

Capacity20.4 MW
Turbines5
Per turbine4 MW
Max height125 m
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Project overview

Core identity and development data from the current public snapshot.

Development status
Awaiting Construction
Technology
Onshore wind
Country
Scotland
Region
Scotland
Site address
Hesta Head (Land Near), South Ronaldsay Windwick, Kirkwall, Orkney Isles
Latitude
58.777613
Longitude
-2.931753
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Companies

The source field combines operator and applicant roles; further entity resolution is planned.

Applicant or operatorHoolan Energy/ Hesta Head Wind Farm
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Planning

Planning authority, reference and recorded milestones.

Planning authority
Orkney Islands
Application reference
17/083/TPPMAJ
Application submitted
6 Mar 2017
Permission granted
18 Apr 2019

Project timeline

Planning permission granted

Planning application submitted

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Generation & performance

Measured values will only appear after the project-to-BM-unit match is reviewed.

Measured generation unavailable

This project has not yet been linked to a verified Elexon BM unit. We do not estimate generation or capacity factor in the beta.

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Sources & provenance

Trace every published field back to its current evidence.

Primary sourceRenewable Energy Planning Database

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · July 2026

Record updated5 Aug 2020
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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