Power plant · South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
M74 West Renewable Energy Park
M74 West Renewable Energy Park is a planned power plant in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Renewco Power.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | M74 West Renewable Energy Park, Lanark, Strathclyde, ML11 0RN | 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 | 24 Sept 2024 (reference ECU00005019, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewco Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 55.5207, -3.7565 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005019)
How it compares
M74 West Renewable Energy Park is the 285th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 755th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 285th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 755th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,832nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 43 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.