About the Project
Overview
The Breakish Wind Farm (Tuathanas-gaoithe Breacais) proposal is located on the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands, approximately 6km west of the Skye Bridge and to the south of Breakish.
In 2022, we submitted a Scoping Report to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit (ECU) seeking feedback from key consultees on the scope of the detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) work which would help to shape the design. The Report presented an early stage 20-turbine layout with turbine tip heights of up to 180m.
A series of public consultation events were also held in 2023 to present the proposal and gather feedback from the local community.
Design Development
Following detailed EIA site survey work, together with consultation feedback from the community and key consultees, the design reduced to a 15-turbine layout.
We had originally planned to submit our planning application towards the end of 2025; however, upon further detailed analysis our team decided to revisit the layout again to refine the design in order to specifically further reduce the scheme’s potential impact on important peatland habitats. This has been an extensive piece of work which has resulted in further proposed changes to both the site layout and turbine numbers and has led to the identification of wider habitat improvement and biodiversity net gain opportunities.
Timeline
The updated design, including a reduction in turbine numbers and changes to the site layout, is expected to be finalised by the end of 2026 and presented at public consultation events planned for early 2027. Further details will be provided here in due course.
Location plan
