Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Salsburgh
Salsburgh is a cancelled power plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 24 MW of capacity, operated by Salsburgh Windco Ltd.
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 | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Jersay Farm South of Salsburgh | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jul 2009 (withdrawn, reference 05/00132/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Salsburgh Windco Ltd (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 10 units | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8350, -3.8747 | 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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- Withdrawn (planning authority North Lanarkshire, reference 05/00132/FUL)
How it compares
Salsburgh is the 434th-largest of 1,326 power plants in Scotland and the 1,223rd-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 24 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 434th of 1,326 | 40,645 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,223rd of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,682nd of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 13 data centers, 12 grid connections (4 operating, 35.9 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 | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 36 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
Operator and place
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- Beatrice588 MW
- Braston New Energy500 MW
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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.
- 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.
- © 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.