Power plant · Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glen Noe River
Glen Noe River is a power plant under construction in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2 MW of capacity, operated by Npower Renewables and Innogy.
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 | Argyll and Bute (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Glen Noe Estate, Loch Etive, Taynuilt, Strathclyde, PA35 1HU | 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 | 9 Sept 2016 (permit 15/03129/PP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Argyll and Bute) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Dec 2015 (reference 15/03129/PP, planning authority Argyll and Bute) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Sept 2016 (granted, reference 15/03129/PP, planning authority Argyll and Bute) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Npower Renewables (RWE Npower Renewables / Innogy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Innogy (RWE Npower Renewables / Innogy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2 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 | 56.4602, -5.1659 | 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 Argyll and Bute, reference 15/03129/PP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Argyll and Bute, reference 15/03129/PP)
How it compares
Glen Noe River is the 812th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,806th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2 MW is <0.1% 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 | 812th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,806th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,008th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 52 substations and 33 grid connections (26 operating, 270 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Export grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Loch Etive Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 6.46 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Inverawe Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 24.7 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| Taynuilt GSP | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Taynuilt Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Kenmore Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.7 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.
- 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.