Power plant · Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Neilston Greener Grid Park - Phase 2
Neilston Greener Grid Park - Phase 2 is a permitted power plant in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 750 MW of capacity, operated by Statkraft UK Limited.
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 | Renfrewshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site 400 metres North West of Sergeantlaw, Gleniffer Road, Paisley, PA2 8UY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 13 Aug 2025 (permit ECU00004988, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Dec 2024 (reference ECU00004988, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Aug 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004988, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statkraft UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 750 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 | 55.8056, -4.4651 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Neilston Greener Grid Park - Phase 2 is the 26th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 81st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 750 MW is 0.25% of the 300,661 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 | 26th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.76% |
| United Kingdom | 81st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.25% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 157th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.11% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 18 substations, 13 grid connections (8 operating, 63.2 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 | — | — | 12 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Dumfin 11kV Network | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 28 km |
Operator and place
More from Statkraft UK Limited
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- Stargoose Farm - Battery Storage312 MW · permitted
- Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park200 MW · under construction
- Spennymoor Greener Grid Park200 MW · permitted
- Rhydypandy Road, Morriston - Battery Energy Storage System100 MW · permitted
- An Carr Dubh Wind Farm85.8 MW · planned
- Carn Fearna Wind Farm84.6 MW · planned
- Coille Beith - Wind Turbines79.2 MW · planned
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- 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
- 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.