Moray Onshore Wind Energy Policy Guidance Map for Small-Medium Typologies, 2017

Moray Onshore Wind Energy 2017 Policy Guidance Map for Small-Medium Typologies identifies areas with the greatest potential for wind farm development in Moray, Scotland. The dataset was produced by the Government Digital Service and is hosted on the eu_open_data platform. It maps areas with the fewest constraints, derived from a spatial framework of areas likely to be most appropriate for wind farm development.

Use Cases

• Identify candidate sites for wind farm development based on mapped areas of greatest potential.
• Inform regional spatial planning and policy by analyzing areas with the fewest constraints.
• Assess strategic capacity for wind energy projects in Moray based on the policy guidance framework.

Strengths

• Dataset is policy-focused, derived from official Scottish Planning Policy guidance.
• Maps are based on a spatial framework that removed additional constraints to highlight areas of greatest potential.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Identified by removing additional constraints from a spatial framework map of areas likely to be most appropriate for wind farm development.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Moray, Scotland