Power plant · Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Energy Recovery Facility South Street
Energy Recovery Facility South Street is a cancelled power plant in Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by W.H. Malcolm Ltd.
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 | Glasgow City (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 865 South Street, G14 0BX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Mar 2015 (reference 15/00549/DC, planning authority Glasgow City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Feb 2016 (refused, reference 15/00549/DC, planning authority Glasgow City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Mar 2021 (appeal refused, reference 15/00549/DC, planning authority Glasgow City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | W.H. Malcolm Ltd (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 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 | 55.8766, -4.3451 | 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.
- Permit refused (appeal refused, planning authority Glasgow City, reference 15/00549/DC)
- Permit refused (planning authority Glasgow City, reference 15/00549/DC)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Glasgow City, reference 15/00549/DC)
How it compares
Energy Recovery Facility South Street is the 670th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 2,106th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 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 | 670th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,106th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,432nd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 21 substations, 14 grid connections (9 operating, 223 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Drymen Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 23 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.
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