KRE UK - Tarvie - Project Update

Tarvie Wind Farm proposals placed on indefinite pause

Koehler Renewable Energy (KRE) UK has announced that its proposals for Tarvie Wind Farm have been placed on an indefinite pause.

KRE UK’s proposals for the Tarvie Wind Farm were for land south of the A835, 3.7 km north-west of Contin.

Since 2023, the project team has been undertaking ongoing environmental studies and analyses, particularly those aimed at minimising impacts on landscapes, water supplies, and wildlife.  KRE had intended to commence consultation events in May 2026. The Tarvie proposal had advanced to a pre-application stage, with no formal public exhibitions to date.

Since 2024, KRE UK has engaged with the community from the early stages of the project, starting with a Meet the Developer Event in November of that year, followed by multiple community information events and ongoing stakeholder meetings.

KRE UK and its development team have carefully weighed the site’s viability and have decided to put the project on indefinite pause. The site chosen is not situated in any nationally or locally designated area and has a good wind resource. Studies have revealed that the NESO grid reforms and global energy uncertainty make the site economically unviable, for the time being.

Support for the project has consistently emphasised the opportunities the site would yield in both terms of skills and job creation, as well as long-term Community Benefit opportunities for communities and the ambition to help meet Scotland’s net zero 2045 pledge.

Communications are now being issued to those who registered their interest in the project, both online and at our Meet the Developer events.

If sufficient demand is raised through the website, https://tarviewindfarm.com/, KRE has committed to a webinar to address any questions at this stage.

Our contact details and email address remain available for any further information or clarification.

Alan Mathewson, KRE UK Director, said:

“KRE UK is committed to building positive, long-term relationships with the communities living and working around its projects. We have engaged early with local groups and residents ahead of the formal consultation period for the proposed Tarvie Wind Farm, and we would like to thank all those who have engaged meaningfully and constructively.

The team remains firm in its belief in this project’s success and has invested significantly in understanding the land and its capacity to deliver clean energy. This belief hasn’t changed.

KRE UK remains confident in the potential of the Tarvie area, and the fundamentals that make Tarvie a significant investment have not changed; we will monitor market developments to deliver on this belief.

“We are disappointed that, for now, the local area will not receive the local investment, supply chain opportunities and community benefits we firmly believe this project will create.”

-ENDS- 

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Koehler Renewable Energy (KRE) was founded in 2012 as a subsidiary of the Koehler Group, headquartered in Oberkirch, Germany.

With the company’s establishment of Koehler Renewable Energy UK Ltd. in September 2021, Koehler Renewable Energy is expanding its activities in the UK and other European countries. The company is based in Dundee, Scotland, and focuses on onshore wind and hydropower projects in the UK.