REG Greenburn Ltd has developed proposals for a wind farm and battery storage facility adjacent to the former Greenburn opencast coal mine near New Cumnock.

Formerly a world-class mining operation, coal extraction at Greenburn ended in 2018. The landscape restoration works were completed in the summer of 2019, with final work being carried out in 2020.

Although the wind farm will be located next to the restored land, the land use at Greenburn demonstrates the full evolution of power generation.

The Section 36 application - reference  ECU00002037 - was consented by Ministers on 21 April 2023.

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• Comprises 16 turbines, with a maximum height of 149.9m with a capacity of 67.2MW

• Co-locates battery storage with the wind farm to maximise the use of the grid connection

• Has offered a community benefit fund, that will be developed and shaped by local people

• Is located approximately 4.5km from New Cumnock in an area with potential for wind development as identified in East Ayrshire Council’s Supplementary Planning Guidance and takes in some of the land earmarked for the East Ayrshire Coalfield Communities Landscape Project.

• Aspires to incorporate additional renewable energy technologies into an energy park on site, including ground-mounted Solar PV and a visitors’ centre/learning facility

April 2023

• Greenburn wind park consented by Ministers. See here

June 2019

• Public Exhibition Events were held in February and June 2019 in Cumnock, New Cumnock, Ochiltree and Auchinleck

• Public Exhibition Events were held in February and June 2019 in Cumnock, New Cumnock, Ochiltree and Auchinleck

December 2019

• Environmental Impact Assessment completed

• Ongoing consultation meetings with communities and individuals

March 2020

• Section 36 application submitted to the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) of the Scottish Government

April 2020

• Formal, public consultation period for application reference ECU00002037

  commences