Power plant · East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pencaitland Maltings - Boiler Hybrid Energy Centre
Pencaitland Maltings - Boiler Hybrid Energy Centre is a planned power plant in East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7 MW of capacity, operated by Bairds Malt Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Pencaitland Maltings, Tranent, EH34 5DQ | 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 | 11 Oct 2024 (reference 24/00877/P, planning authority East Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bairds Malt Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.9104, -2.8996 | 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 applied for (planning authority East Lothian, reference 24/00877/P)
How it compares
Pencaitland Maltings - Boiler Hybrid Energy Centre is the 724th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,403rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7 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 | 724th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,403rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,515th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 data centers, 1 grid connection and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 48 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.