Power plant · Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glentarken Wind Farm
Glentarken Wind Farm is a planned battery storage plant in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by SSE Renewables Wind Farms UK Ltd.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Perth and Kinross (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Drummond Estate, Drummond, Perth, FK19 8QE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Jan 2025 (reference ECU00004700, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SSE Renewables Wind Farms UK Ltd (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.4388, -4.1810 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004700)
How it compares
Glentarken Wind Farm is the 268th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 691st-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 268th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 691st of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,768th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 49 substations and 45 grid connections (28 operating, 395 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Fillans Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| St Fillans GSP | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Lochearnhead Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Morenish grid connection | Grid connection | 49.4 MW | Planned | 8.7 km |
| Killin Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Lednock Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 9.6 km |
Operator and place
More from SSE Renewables Wind Farms UK Ltd
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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.