Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fort William Tail Race
Fort William Tail Race is a cancelled power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by SIMEC and Green Highland 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 110M SW Of Old Inverlochy, North Road, Fort William, Highlands, PH33 6TF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Jan 2019 (reference 19/00086/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 May 2020 (refused, reference 19/00086/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SIMEC (Green Highland Renewables/ SIMEC, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Highland Renewables (Green Highland Renewables/ SIMEC, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Small Hydro | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.8332, -5.0830 | 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 (planning authority Highland, reference 19/00086/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Highland, reference 19/00086/FUL)
How it compares
Fort William Tail Race is the 1,281st-largest of 1,326 power plants in Scotland and the 5,508th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 1,281st of 1,326 | 40,645 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,508th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 12,456th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 40 substations and 36 grid connections (29 operating, 241 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverlochy Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Lochaber Smelter grid connection | Grid connection | 2.71 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Fort William GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Pinegrove Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Hydro 1.1 MW grid connection at Inverlochy | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Muccomer Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 1.71 MW | Operating | 10 km |
Operators and place
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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.
- 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.
- 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.