Wind2 Submit Planning Application for Swarclett Wind Farm

Wind2 has submitted a planning application to The Highland Council for the Swarclett Wind Farm, located on agricultural land approximately 1km southeast of Mains of Durran, Castletown, Caithness.

The application is for the erection of two wind turbines, each with a blade tip height of up to 149.9m and a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with a total installed capacity of approximately 21.6 megawatts (MW) and associated infrastructure. Swarclett Wind Farm will have the capacity to generate approximately 66,000 MWh of electricity annually which is sufficient to meet the needs of around 17,000 homes(1) , while offsetting approximately 6,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Public consultation for the project took place in July 2023, February and March 2024 with public exhibitions held at both Bower Hall and Castletown Drill Hall where the project team engaged with a number of local residents. The public exhibiti...