Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
Longannet Power Station
Longannet Power Station is a closed coal power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2,260 MW of capacity.
Grid connection
It closed in 2016, which freed up a 2,260 MW grid connection, unless it has been reassigned since.
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 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 2016 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2,260 MW (capacity before it closed) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Coal | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Longannet is the largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 3rd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2,260 MW is 1.1% of the 200,500 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 | 1st of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | 4.9% |
| United Kingdom | 3rd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 1.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 86th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | 0.12% |
Place
Other power plants in Scotland
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- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.