Power plant · Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Leapmoor Forest
Leapmoor Forest is a cancelled power plant in Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Community Windpower.
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 | Inverclyde (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Leapmoor Forest Nr Inverkip Inverclyde | 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| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Jul 2006 (reference IC/2006/231/F, planning authority Inverclyde) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 May 2009 (withdrawn, reference IC/2006/231/F, planning authority Inverclyde) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Community Windpower | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 10 units (3 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8918, -4.8457 | 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.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Inverclyde, reference IC/2006/231/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Inverclyde, reference IC/2006/231/F)
How it compares
Leapmoor Forest is the 295th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 727th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 295th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 727th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,805th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innellan Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Dunoon Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Dunoon GSP | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| 45MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 11 km |
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Cruach Mor grid connection | Grid connection | 27.6 MW | Operating | 20 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
Operator and place
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- 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.