Publication - FOI/EIR release

Density of wind turbines in local authority areas within Scotland: EIR release

Published: 8 December 2025
Directorate: Chief Economist Directorate
Topic: Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector
FOI reference: EIR/202500484493
Date received: 11 September 2025
Date responded: 25 September 2025

Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

Information requested

You asked for an update to the numbers previously supplied in FOI/202000013076.

Response

I enclose a copy of the information you requested in an Excel spreadsheet. Within the spreadsheet, I have supplied links to the data sources and an explanation on how we allocated onshore wind turbine sites to local authorities.

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EIR 202500484493 - Information Released - Spreadsheet

File type: Excel document
File size: 17.6 kB

Contact

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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
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Edinburgh
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