Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Red John Pumped Storage
Red John Pumped Storage is a permitted power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 450 MW of capacity, operated by Statkraft.
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 | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land 120M NE of South Barn, Dores, Inverness, Highlands, IV2 6TU | 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 | 7 Jun 2021 (permit ECU00000728, 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 | 15 Nov 2018 (reference ECU00000728, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Jun 2021 (granted, reference ECU00000728, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statkraft | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 450 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.3708, -4.3023 | 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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Red John Pumped Storage is the 47th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 150th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 450 MW is 0.15% 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 | 47th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.45% |
| United Kingdom | 150th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.15% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 319th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 59 substations and 57 grid connections (31 operating, 558 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverarnie Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Inverness GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Inverness Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Fairways Inverness Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 11 km |
| DG - High grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 12 km |
| 9.9MW Export grid connection | Grid connection | 29.8 MW | Planned | 14 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.