Neven Point Wind Farm – GreenPower International

Project Status	In development
No of Turbines	Up to 5
Power Rating of Turbines	Circa 5MW
Capacity of Site	Up to 30MW
Turbine Tip Height	Up to 180m

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Project Background

The north of Scotland has some of the best wind resource in Europe, and Orkney is no exception. Eday sits in the midst of this incredible energy resource and is uniquely placed to support a wind project.

The Neven Point Wind Farm project is located on Greentoft Farm land on the southern edge of Eday and was initially mooted in 2018 as a 10-turbine proposal. Following initial feasibility work the design was reduced to an 8-turbine proposal and a Scoping Report, setting out the proposed scope of environmental survey work, was submitted to Orkney Islands Council in 2019.

GreenPower acquired the project in June 2022 and, following further assessment work, reduced the 8-turbine proposal to a 6-turbine design. A public exhibition was held in August 2022 to gather community feedback to help shape and inform the design.

Revised Design

Over the last couple of years, since the August 2022 exhibitions, we have undertaken extensive technical and environmental survey work – and this data, together with community feedback received, has helped to further inform the layout and resulted in some key design changes.

We have now developed a further revised 5-turbine layout and are preparing to consult on this. Due to the time that has lapsed since our previous consultation event in August 2022, we are renewing our pre-application consultation process.

If consented, the project could deliver between £100,000 to £150,000 per year in community benefit depending on the final capacity of turbines installed. We are also keen to engage with residents on the sorts of benefits that they would like to see delivered from the project, should it go ahead.

November 2024 public exhibition and consultation

On Tuesday 19th November, GreenPower held our first public exhibition on the revised 5-turbine proposal at the Eday Heritage Centre. We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who attended and shared their constructive feedback on the updated design.

For those still wishing to return feedback by either email or post then please complete a feedback form using the link below. Comments forms submitted by Wednesday 4th December 2024 will ensure any constructive feedback received will be considered at this stage of the pre-application consultation process.

The exhibition provided a range of information about the project – including maps and visualisations to help illustrate what the proposal could look like, as well as an overview of next steps and likely timescales. For those unable to attend the event then please use the below links to explore the exhibition material. Should you have any questions or require any further information then please contact us at nevenpoint@greenpowerinternational.com.

Ahead of planning being submitted, a second drop-in session will be carried out in early 2025.

Our press release following the public exhibition is here: Press release.

We value your feedback and look forward to continuing this dialogue as the project progresses.

All of the key information presented at the public exhibition is available to view here:

Previous project information available here: