Power plant · South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seath Road, Rutherglen - Battery Storage
Seath Road, Rutherglen - Battery Storage is a cancelled power plant in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Green Power Consultants.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Southeast Side of Seath Road Rutherglen, G73 1RW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Sept 2023 (reference P/23/1214, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Mar 2024 (refused, reference P/23/1214, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Power Consultants | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8355, -4.2135 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Seath Road, Rutherglen - Battery Storage is the 150th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 326th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 150th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | 0.14% |
| United Kingdom | 326th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,794th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 14 substations, 9 grid connections (4 operating, 26.9 MW) and 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 4.3 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 4.3 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 24 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Drymen Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.