Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
Peterhead Power Station
Peterhead Power Station is a gas power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1,180 MW of capacity, owned by SSE Group.
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 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1980 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | SSE Group (company that returns the dukes survey, usually the owner) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,180 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (CCGT) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.4796, -1.7850 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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2 sources record Peterhead; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterhead | asset:dukes:gas-000120 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom | — |
| Peterhead | asset:neso-tec:pro-000082 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology, capacity and company |
How it compares
Peterhead is the 3rd-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 28th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,180 MW is 0.59% 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 | 3rd of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | 2.5% |
| United Kingdom | 28th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.59% |
| All power plants in our data | 376th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 96 grid connections (40 operating, 236 MW), 61 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boddam Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Peterhead Shell GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Peterhead North Street Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Wells Forest Farm 25MW grid connection | Grid connection | 50.2 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Blackhills Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.56 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Hillhead of Gask PV and BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 14.2 MW | Planned | 4.8 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Owner and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
- Peterhead grid connection1,180 MW
More from SSE Group
- Seabank Power Ltd1,205 MW
- Keadby 2840 MW
- Medway755 MW
- Keadby732 MW
- Foyers Pumped Storage300 MW
- FM179 MW
- FM279 MW
- Lerwick67 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Torness1,200 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
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.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.