Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hill of Snowy Slack
Hill of Snowy Slack is a cancelled power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 22 MW of capacity, operated by Npower 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 | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | At Kil Drummuie Mr Lumbersdone | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Jan 2005 (reference M/APP/2004/4603, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 May 2006 (withdrawn, reference M/APP/2004/4603, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Npower Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 22 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 11 units (2 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.2582, -2.9040 | 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.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference M/APP/2004/4603)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference M/APP/2004/4603)
How it compares
Hill of Snowy Slack is the 394th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 997th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 22 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 394th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 997th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,625th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 110 grid connections (52 operating, 594 MW), 70 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildrummy Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 17.5 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Mossat Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Wheedlemont Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 1.62 MW | Operating | 8.0 km |
| Cairnmore Wind Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.27 MW | Operating | 8.4 km |
| Strathdon Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Tarland GSP | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Operator 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.