Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cumbernauld BioPlant (Waste AD)
Cumbernauld BioPlant (Waste AD) is a biomass power plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.4 MW of capacity, operated by Shanks Group.
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 | Shanks Landfill Site Meikle Drumgray Road Greengairs Airdrie Lanarkshire | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2011 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 20 Dec 2004 (permit 04/00316/AMD, 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 | 5 Mar 2004 (reference 04/00316/AMD, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Dec 2004 (granted, reference 04/00316/AMD, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shanks Group | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.9719, -3.9549 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority North Lanarkshire, reference 04/00316/AMD)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Lanarkshire, reference 04/00316/AMD)
How it compares
Cumbernauld BioPlant (Waste AD) is the 1,056th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 4,639th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.4 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 1,056th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,639th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 13,737th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 20 grid connections (10 operating, 74 MW), 19 substations and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Kepculloch Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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