Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
Hammerfest (FoW - EMEC) Power Station
Hammerfest (FoW - EMEC) Power Station is a closed power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by SPR and Hamerfest Strom.
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 | Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | EMEC | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed (decommissioned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2012 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SPR (Hamerfest Strom/SPR) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hamerfest Strom (Hamerfest Strom/SPR) | 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 | Tidal Stream | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 58.9648, -3.4906 | 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.
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Hammerfest (FoW - EMEC) has closed: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 1 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 50 grid connections (21 operating, 118 MW) and 18 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro 6.65 MW grid connection at Stromness | Grid connection | 6.65 MW | Operating | 9.3 km |
| Rackwick Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Stromness Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| North Hoy Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Akla Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Planned | 21 km |
| Orkney Community Wind Farm - HOY grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 21 km |
Operators and place
Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.