Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coatbridge Material Recovery and Renewable Energy Facility
Coatbridge Material Recovery and Renewable Energy Facility is a power plant under construction in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Golder Associates Ltd and Shore Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Former Shanks & McEwan Site 251, Glasgow And Edinburgh Road, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, ML5 4UG | 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 | 27 May 2011 (permit 09/00675/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Jun 2009 (reference 09/00675/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 May 2011 (granted, reference 09/00675/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Jul 2009 (refused, reference 09/00675/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 May 2011 (appeal granted, reference 09/00675/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Golder Associates Ltd (Golder Associates (UK) Ltd/ Shore Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shore Energy (Golder Associates (UK) Ltd/ Shore Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8418, -4.0054 | 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 North Lanarkshire, reference 09/00675/FUL)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority North Lanarkshire, reference 09/00675/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority North Lanarkshire, reference 09/00675/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Lanarkshire, reference 09/00675/FUL)
How it compares
Coatbridge Material Recovery and Renewable Energy Facility is the 486th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,466th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 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 | 486th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,466th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,101st of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 13 grid connections (5 operating, 37.4 MW), 12 data centers and 12 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 | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 31 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 33 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Kepculloch Primary | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
Operators and place
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- Braston New Energy500 MW
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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.