Power plant · Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kip Water Hydro Scheme
Kip Water Hydro Scheme is a planned battery storage plant in Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Greenock Hydro Power.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Inverclyde (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Kip Water Hydro Scheme Powerho, Greenock, Strathclyde, PA16 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 Oct 2018 (reference 18/0290/IC, planning authority Inverclyde) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Greenock Hydro Power (applicant) | 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 | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.9179, -4.8549 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Inverclyde, reference 18/0290/IC)
How it compares
Kip Water Hydro Scheme is the 730th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,458th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 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 | 730th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,458th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,691st of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 40 substations, 27 grid connections (18 operating, 273 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunoon Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Innellan Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Dunoon GSP | Substation | — | — | 8.6 km |
| 45MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 8.8 km |
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Cruach Mor grid connection | Grid connection | 27.6 MW | Operating | 18 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 37 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.
- © 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.