Power plant · Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom
CalaChem Fine Chemicals (Grangemouth)
CalaChem Fine Chemicals (Grangemouth) is a power plant under construction in Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 21.5 MW of capacity, operated by Earls Gate Energy Centre.
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 | Falkirk (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Calachem Ltd, Earls Road, Grangemouth, Central, FK3 8XG | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 18 Jan 2017 (permit P/16/0321/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Falkirk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 May 2016 (reference P/16/0321/FUL, planning authority Falkirk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Jan 2017 (granted, reference P/16/0321/FUL, planning authority Falkirk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Earls Gate Energy Centre | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 21.5 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 | 56.0130, -3.7338 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Falkirk, reference P/16/0321/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Falkirk, reference P/16/0321/FUL)
How it compares
CalaChem Fine Chemicals (Grangemouth) is the 575th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,853rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 21.5 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 575th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,853rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,684th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 41 grid connections (16 operating, 208 MW), 27 substations and 13 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 26 km |
| Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 110 MW | Planned | 26 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 26 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 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.