Teindland Wind Farm

Raincloud was appointed to provide the hydrological services for the Teindland Wind Farm Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to submit an application for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.

Teindland Wind Farm comprised of 12 wind turbines (eight 230 m turbines and four 200 m turbines) , laydown areas, substation, battery energy storage, meteorological mast and new access tracks. The proposed development is located within Teindland Forest, a commercial forestry site managed by Forestry and Land Scotland.

Private water supplies, Scottish Water drinking water protection area and abstraction and Special Areas of Conservation were identified as the key hydrological considerations.

Raincloud contacted the Moray’s Environmental Health Officer (EHO) to obtain Private Water Supply (PWS) data for the area and identify the nearest receptors to the proposed development. The closest PWS’ were visited during the site visit to fully understand the origin of the PWS and the risk the proposed development posed to the PWS.

Our team worked with the EIA coordination team, Envams, to produce a holistic hydrology chapter and supporting appendices including watercourse inventory.

Raincloud played a key role in producing the outline Construction Environmental Management Plan (oCEMP) for the application. The oCEMP included best practice for the project and mitigation measures sediment pollution prevention, chemical pollution prevention and construction activities in the water environment.

The Section 36 application was submitted in July 2025 and the project is currently awaiting a decision from the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit.