Power plant · East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Standalane near Ballencrieff Power Station
Standalane near Ballencrieff Power Station is a cancelled biomass power plant in East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by J Haig Hamilton & Sons Ltd.
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 | East Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Standalane, Near Ballencrieff, Longniddry, EH32 0PH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Feb 2016 (reference 16/00068/P, planning authority East Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Feb 2017 (appeal refused, reference 16/00068/P, planning authority East Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Feb 2017 (refused, reference 16/00068/P, planning authority East Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | J Haig Hamilton & Sons Ltd (applicant) | 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 | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.9872, -2.8308 | 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.
- Permit refused (planning authority East Lothian, reference 16/00068/P)
- Permit refused (appeal refused, planning authority East Lothian, reference 16/00068/P)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Lothian, reference 16/00068/P)
How it compares
Standalane near Ballencrieff is the 1,295th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 5,619th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 1,295th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,619th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 15,550th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 15 grid connections (5 operating, 77.6 MW), 9 data centers and 3 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.4 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 43 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 47 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 47 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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