Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Liberty Steel Dalzell
Liberty Steel Dalzell is a power plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 17 MW of capacity, operated by Liberty House and SIMEC.
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 | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Liberty Steel Dalzell, Park Street, Motherwell, ML1 1PU | 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 | 2017 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Liberty House (SIMEC/ Liberty House) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SIMEC (SIMEC/ Liberty House) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 17 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.7898, -3.9796 | 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 researchHow it compares
Liberty Steel Dalzell is the 501st-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 1,305th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 17 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 501st of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,305th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,601st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 12 data centers, 8 substations and 6 grid connections (3 operating, 25.4 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 7.6 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 39 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
Operators and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.