Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Clash Gour
Clash Gour is a permitted power plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by EDF Energy Renewables and Force 9.
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 | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | located to the southwest, north and east of Berry Burn | 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 | 21 Oct 2022 (permit ECU00000738, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Dec 2018 (reference ECU00000738, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Oct 2022 (granted, reference ECU00000738, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EDF Energy Renewables (EDF Energy Renewables/ Force 9) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Force 9 (EDF Energy Renewables/ Force 9) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.4867, -3.5324 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00000738)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00000738)
How it compares
Clash Gour is the 285th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 755th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 285th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 755th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,832nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 57 substations and 54 grid connections (18 operating, 428 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berryburn GSP | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Berry Burn Extension grid connection | Grid connection | 43.2 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
| Corshellach BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 62.5 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
| Berry Burn Extension Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 19.4 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
| Dallas GSP | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Forres Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
Operators and place
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- Abergelli Farm, Felindre - Battery Storage250 MW · planned
- Clash Gour225 MW · permitted
- Dorenell Wind Farm (Previously Site A and B Scaut Hill)177 MW
- Dorenell Wind Farm (extension)175 MW
- Fallago Rig144 MW
- Hickling Lane, Swainsthorpe -Battery Storage114 MW · permitted
- Heathland Wind Farm80 MW · permitted
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.
- 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.