Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Arnish Power Station grid connection
Arnish Power Station grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.85 MW of capacity, held by SSE Generation Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | ARNISH POWER STATION grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Arnish) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | SSE Generation Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Ardmore GSP (via a grid supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.85 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Scottish Hydro Electric | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 58.1893, -6.3754 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Arnish Power Station grid connection is the 946th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 3,109th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.85 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 946th of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,109th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,111th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 20 power plants (7 operating, 63.9 MW) and 11 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnish | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Battery Point Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Stornoway | Power plant | 23 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Battery Point, Newton Street - Battery Energy Storage Park | Power plant | 25 MW | Permitted | 1.8 km |
| Stornoway GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Coll Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.