Power plant · Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Land SW of Shilton Cottage
Land SW of Shilton Cottage is a power plant in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 29.9 MW of capacity, operated by Muirhall Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Renfrewshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site 300 metres South West of, Old Greenock Road, Bishopton, Strathclyde, PA7 5BB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2022 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Apr 2018 (reference 18/0286/PP, planning authority Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Muirhall Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 29.9 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 | 55.9105, -4.4980 | 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.
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- Commissioned
- Permit applied for (planning authority Renfrewshire, reference 18/0286/PP)
How it compares
Land SW of Shilton Cottage is the 312th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 772nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 29.9 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 | 312th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 772nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,872nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 27 substations, 18 grid connections (11 operating, 231 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Dumfin 11kV Network | Substation | — | — | 17 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.
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