Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
Open Centre Turbines (FoW - EMEC)
Open Centre Turbines (FoW - EMEC) is a cancelled power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity, operated by OpenHydro.
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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Fall of Warness, Eday, Orkney | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Sept 2016 (planning authority Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | OpenHydro (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 |
| Technology | Tidal Stream | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 58.9648, -3.4906 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit applied for (planning authority Marine Scotland)
How it compares
Open Centre Turbines (FoW - EMEC) is the 1,040th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 4,572nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 MW is <0.1% 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 | 1,040th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,572nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 13,633rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 50 grid connections (21 operating, 118 MW) and 18 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro 6.65 MW grid connection at Stromness | Grid connection | 6.65 MW | Operating | 9.3 km |
| Rackwick Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Stromness Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| North Hoy Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Akla Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Planned | 21 km |
| Orkney Community Wind Farm - HOY grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 21 km |
Operator and place
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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.
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