Power plant · Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seatricity Turbine (Billia Croo - EMEC)
Seatricity Turbine (Billia Croo - EMEC) is a closed power plant in Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Seatricity.
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 | Orkney Islands (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Billia Croo Test site, Orkney | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed (decommissioned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2011 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Seatricity | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Shoreline Wave | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 58.9743, -3.3476 | 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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Seatricity Turbine (Billia Croo - EMEC) has closed: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 1 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 49 grid connections (21 operating, 118 MW) and 20 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro 6.65 MW grid connection at Stromness | Grid connection | 6.65 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Stromness Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| North Hoy Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Rackwick Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Akla Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| Orkney Community Wind Farm - HOY grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 17 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.