Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bracco / Black Hill
Bracco / Black Hill is a cancelled power plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 72.5 MW of capacity, operated by Airtricity.
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 | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site located by the M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Apr 2008 (withdrawn, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Airtricity | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 72.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8693, -3.8616 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Scottish Government (S36))
How it compares
Bracco / Black Hill is the 80th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 208th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 72.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 80th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | 0.21% |
| United Kingdom | 208th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,436th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 15 grid connections (6 operating, 45 MW), 13 data centers and 13 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 26 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 33 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 33 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.