Power plant · Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
South Clyde Energy Centre
South Clyde Energy Centre is a power plant under construction in Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 45 MW of capacity, operated by Fortum.
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 | Glasgow City (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land to the south of King George V Dock, Glasgow, G51 4FE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Dec 2012 (permit 12/01293/DC, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Glasgow City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Jun 2012 (reference 12/01293/DC, planning authority Glasgow City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Dec 2012 (granted, reference 12/01293/DC, planning authority Glasgow City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Fortum (Fortum (formerly Peel Environmental)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 45 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8633, -4.3540 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Glasgow City, reference 12/01293/DC)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Glasgow City, reference 12/01293/DC)
How it compares
South Clyde Energy Centre is the 422nd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,289th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 45 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 | 422nd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,289th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,422nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 20 substations, 14 grid connections (9 operating, 223 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 20 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 20 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Drymen Primary | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 24 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.
- 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.
- 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.