Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Fermanagh and South Tyrone has 20 MW of clean power (all onshore wind) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 18,000 homes. When the wires are too full to carry the power, Britain pays wind farms to switch off instead. No wind farm here is paid that way — almost all of it goes to wind farms in Scotland. Northern Ireland is on the all-Ireland grid, so Britain's grid bottlenecks do not reach bills here in the same way. There is also 221 MW of wind running here on the local network. If that gets switched off, no national record shows it.
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The waiting list
Every approved, unbuilt project
| Site | Technology | Enough for | Capacity | Approved | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shantavy ScotchShantavy Scotch, Omagh Road, Drumquin, Omagh, Co Tyrone | Wind Onshore | 12,000 homes | 14.0 MW | 2021-12 | 4.6 yrs |
| Drumcor RoadLands 120m North East of, 14 Drumcor Road, Tempo, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh | Wind Onshore | 900 homes | 1.0 MW | 2020-07 | 6.1 yrs |
| Wind Turbine in Irvinestown260m East of 299 Killadeas Road, Irvinestown | Wind Onshore | 700 homes | 0.8 MW | 2024-05 | 2.2 yrs |
| Omagh RoadLands approx. 350m South of, 174 Omagh Road, Dungannon, Co Tyrone | Wind Onshore | 400 homes | 0.5 MW | 2021-02 | 5.5 yrs |
| Callagheen Road370m SE Of, 28 Callagheen Road, Belleek, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2020-10 | 5.8 yrs |
| Coa Chapel RoadLands 330m South West Of, 60 Coa Chapel Road, Ballinamallard, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2020-09 | 5.9 yrs |
| Killymendon (Replacement Turbine)255m East Of, 27 Dorney Bridge Road, Ballinamallard, Killymendon, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2021-03 | 5.4 yrs |
| Legilly RoadApproximately 430m North West, 19 Legilly Road, Dungannon, Co Tyrone | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2020-04 | 6.3 yrs |
| Kilsannagh LaneApproximately 185m North West, 39 Kilsannagh Lane, Dungannon, Co Tyrone | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2020-04 | 6.3 yrs |
| Lissan Lane60m N Of Sports Complex, 20 Lissan Lane, Lissan, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2020-10 | 5.8 yrs |
| Coa RoadLands 574m South-East Of, 233 Coa Road, Ballinamallard, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2020-10 | 5.8 yrs |
| Edenmore RoadApproximately 100M SE Of, 133 Edenmore Road, Carn, Tempo, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2021-02 | 5.5 yrs |
| Killymittan RoadLand Approximately 300M SW Of, 37 Killymittan Road, Ballinamallard, Enniskillen | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2021-01 | 5.5 yrs |
| Shankill Road290m South East of, 65 Shankill Road, Magherahar, Cullen, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh | Wind Onshore | 300 homes | 0.3 MW | 2020-10 | 5.8 yrs |
| Mulnahorn Road160m north of 70 Mulnahorn Road | Wind Onshore | 200 homes | 0.2 MW | 2020-12 | 5.6 yrs |
| Glen Road220m North East of Glen Road | Wind Onshore | 200 homes | 0.2 MW | 2021-05 | 5.2 yrs |
| The Kids Road, GarrarooskyLands approx. 485m N of 50 the Kids Road, Garraroosky Newtownbutler | Wind Onshore | 200 homes | 0.2 MW | 2021-10 | 4.8 yrs |
| The Kids Road, GarrarooskyLands approx 380m NE of 50 The Kids Road, Garraroosky Newtownbutler | Wind Onshore | 200 homes | 0.2 MW | 2021-10 | 4.8 yrs |
Plus 2 more approved within the last two years.
Batteries
| Site | Size | Status | While discharging |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derrymeen Battery Energy Storage System | 100 MW | being built 2025 | could supply ≈350,000 homes |
| Battery Energy Storage System Development in Tyrone | 50 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈175,000 homes |
| Omagh Road, Garvaghy - Battery Energy Storage | 50 MW | approved, not built 2026 | could supply ≈175,000 homes |
| Battery Energy Storage System in Newmills | 24 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈84,000 homes |
What this page does not show
Smaller wind farms on the local grid are also switched off; national data does not show it, so the £ figure here is a floor, not a zero. Offshore wind is counted nationally, never per seat. The planning database can run a quarter behind reality.
Electricity does not travel from a particular project to particular houses. Everything generated goes into the national grid and everyone draws from that shared pool, so "enough for X homes" is a way of sizing the electricity — not a claim that these homes would be powered by this site. Battery storage is counted separately from generation: it moves power in time rather than making it.
Planning statuses come from the government's planning database (REPD), which records what was decided and when, but not why. Where a project was refused we say so and name the authority; for the reasons, look up the planning reference on that council's own register. How to check any figure on this page →
What has Pat Cullen said about the grid in Parliament? Search Hansard →