Power plant · East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barr Killoch Energy Recovery Park
Barr Killoch Energy Recovery Park is a planned power plant in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by Barr Environmental.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Ayrshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Killoch Colliery Off A70. W/O Ochiltree, KA18 2RL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 May 2021 (reference 21/0369/PP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Barr Environmental (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.4560, -4.3906 | 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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- Permit applied for (planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 21/0369/PP)
How it compares
Barr Killoch Energy Recovery Park is the 589th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,823rd-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 589th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,823rd of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,581st of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 data centers, 2 substations and 2 grid connections, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
| Whiting Bay Primary | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Glenkiln Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Brodick Primary | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.