Power plant · East Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Neilston Additional Wind Turbine
Neilston Additional Wind Turbine is a cancelled power plant in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity, operated by Green Energy Wind.
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 | East Renfrewshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Field East Of Neilston Community Windfarm Neilston East Renfrewshire | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | 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 |
| Permit date | 4 Nov 2015 (permit 2014/0130/TP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Mar 2014 (reference 2014/0130/TP, planning authority East Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Nov 2015 (granted, reference 2014/0130/TP, planning authority East Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Energy Wind (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 1 units (2.5 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 | 55.7555, -4.4570 | 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.
- Permit expired
- Permit granted (planning authority East Renfrewshire, reference 2014/0130/TP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Renfrewshire, reference 2014/0130/TP)
How it compares
Neilston Additional Wind Turbine is the 1,028th-largest of 1,326 power plants in Scotland and the 4,463rd-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 1,028th of 1,326 | 40,645 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,463rd of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,541st of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 16 substations, 12 grid connections (7 operating, 61.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 27 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 27 km |
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Dumfin 11kV Network | Substation | — | — | 33 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.