Power plant · North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hunterston - cofiring
Hunterston - cofiring is a cancelled power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 170 MW of capacity, operated by Peel Energy and Orsted.
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 | North Ayrshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hunterston, Fairlie, West Kilbride, Ayrshire | 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| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Jun 2010 (planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Jun 2012 (withdrawn, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Peel Energy (Orsted (formerly Dong Energy) / Peel Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Orsted (Orsted (formerly Dong Energy) / Peel Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 170 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (co-firing) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.7372, -4.8862 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Hunterston - cofiring is the 26th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 93rd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 170 MW is 0.15% of the 115,642 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 | 26th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | 0.49% |
| United Kingdom | 93rd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | 0.15% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,071st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 34 substations, 23 grid connections (12 operating, 104 MW) and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Bruchag Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Rothesay Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Innellan Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| 45MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 27 km |
| Glenkiln Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
Operators and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.