Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
Inch Cape
Inch Cape is a power plant under construction in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1,080 MW of capacity, operated by Red Rock Power.
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 | Offshore - Scottish Borders (15-22 KM off the east Angus coastline) | 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 |
| Onshore or offshore | Offshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 May 2017 (Marine licence, issued by Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Jul 2013 (planning authority Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 May 2017 (granted, planning authority Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Red Rock Power (Red Rock Power (ICOL)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,080 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 72 units (15 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Offshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.5015, -2.1968 | 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 Marine Scotland)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Marine Scotland)
How it compares
Inch Cape is the 17th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 46th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,080 MW is 0.36% 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 | 17th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 1.1% |
| United Kingdom | 46th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.36% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 72nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.16% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 58 grid connections (17 operating, 106 MW) and 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hume Street Primary | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Parkhill South Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 8.8 MW | Planned | 26 km |
| Parkhill Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 26 km |
| Charles Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Elliot Depot Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Crudie Acres Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 27 km |
Operator and place
More from Red Rock Power
- Benbrack Wind Farm67.1 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 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.
- 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.