Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coire Glas
Coire Glas is a permitted power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1,500 MW of capacity, operated by SSE Renewables.
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 | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Coire Glas, Laggan, Newtonmore, PH34 4EA | 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 | 15 Oct 2020 (permit ECU00000577, 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 | 28 Mar 2018 (reference ECU00000577, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Oct 2020 (granted, reference ECU00000577, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SSE Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,500 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.0310, -4.8547 | 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 ECU00000577)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00000577)
How it compares
Coire Glas is the 11th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 21st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,500 MW is 0.5% 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 | 11th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 1.5% |
| United Kingdom | 21st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.5% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 34th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.23% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 34 grid connections (29 operating, 289 MW) and 30 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Laogh Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Invergarry Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Allt Ladaidh Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 1.28 MW | Operating | 8.9 km |
| Aberchalder Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Glen Buck Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 1.94 MW | Operating | 9.6 km |
| CIA AIG Hydro Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 12 km |
Operator and place
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- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
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- 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.