Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Academy Road - Energy Centre & Anaerobic Digestion Facility
Academy Road - Energy Centre & Anaerobic Digestion Facility is a permitted power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4 MW of capacity, operated by Grissan Engineering Services 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 275M E/O Inverbreakie Farmhouse, Academy Road, Invergordon, IV18 0LP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 2 Nov 2023 (permit 23/01479/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Apr 2023 (reference 23/01479/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Nov 2023 (granted, reference 23/01479/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Grissan Engineering Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.7019, -4.1557 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Academy Road - Energy Centre & Anaerobic Digestion Facility is the 772nd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,616th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 772nd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,616th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,764th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 61 substations and 59 grid connections (24 operating, 473 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass 7.002 MW grid connection at Invergordon | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Invergordon Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Crosshills Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Peddieston Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Balnacraig Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 7.5 km |
| Contullich BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 8.4 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.