Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
Inner Sound (Phase 2) (MeyGen)
Inner Sound (Phase 2) (MeyGen) is a permitted power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 59 MW of capacity, operated by Atlantis Resources.
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 | Pentland Firth and Orkney waters strategic area, between Caithness on the Scottish mainland and the island of Stroma, KW1 4YL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Sept 2013 (Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Jul 2012 (planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Sept 2013 (granted, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Atlantis Resources (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 59 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 | 58.7439, -3.1129 | 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.
- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36))
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36))
How it compares
Inner Sound (Phase 2) (MeyGen) is the 252nd-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 648th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 59 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 | 252nd of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 648th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,647th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 60 grid connections (30 operating, 303 MW) and 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flotta Terminal grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 9.1 km |
| Windfarm Import/Export grid connection | Grid connection | 2.07 MW | Operating | 9.1 km |
| Flotta Primary | Substation | — | — | 10.0 km |
| HOY Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 66 MW | Planned | 11 km |
| Lyness Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| St Mary's Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 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.
- 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.