Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom

Seastar Project - Tidal Energy Farm

Seastar Project - Tidal Energy Farm is a permitted power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4 MW of capacity, operated by Nova Innovation.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Scotland	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Seastar Project, Orkney, KW16	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	18 Apr 2024 (permit 10650, Marine licence, issued by Marine Scotland)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	23 Nov 2023 (reference 10650, planning authority Marine Scotland)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	18 Apr 2024 (granted, reference 10650, planning authority Marine Scotland)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Nova Innovation	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	4 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

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18 Apr 2024Permit granted (planning authority Marine Scotland, reference 10650)
23 Nov 2023Permit applied for (planning authority Marine Scotland, reference 10650)

How it compares

Seastar Project - Tidal Energy Farm is the 772nd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,616th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 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	772nd of 872	99,272 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	2,616th of 3,222	300,461 MW	<0.1%
All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data	5,764th of 6,455	664,040 MW	<0.1%

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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.
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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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