Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Newarthill Energy Park
Newarthill Energy Park is a permitted power plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 300 MW of capacity, operated by Geocore Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Legbrannock Road, Newarthill, ML1 5SZ | 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 | 4 Feb 2025 (permit ECU00004953, 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 Nov 2023 (reference ECU00004953, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Feb 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004953, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Geocore Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 300 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 | 55.8268, -3.9405 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004953)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004953)
How it compares
Newarthill Energy Park is the 65th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 220th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 300 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 | 65th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.3% |
| United Kingdom | 220th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 483rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 12 data centers, 12 grid connections (5 operating, 37.4 MW) and 11 substations, 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 | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 36 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Kepculloch Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.