Power plant · Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Snowgoat Glen Wind Farm
Snowgoat Glen Wind Farm is a cancelled power plant in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 23.5 MW of capacity, operated by RWE npower.
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 | Perth and Kinross (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Near Dunning Perth and Kinross | 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| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |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 |
| Application date | 5 Jul 2004 (reference 04/01049/FUL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 May 2006 (withdrawn, reference 04/01049/FUL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RWE npower | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23.5 MW | 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 | 56.2780, -3.6057 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 04/01049/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 04/01049/FUL)
How it compares
Snowgoat Glen Wind Farm is the 384th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 967th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 384th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 967th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,480th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 75 grid connections (27 operating, 422 MW), 60 substations and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Findony grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Forteviot Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 9.0 km |
| Gleneagles Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Dupplin Solar 75MW BESS&Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 75 MW | Planned | 10 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
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- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.
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- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.