Power plant · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Steven's Croft Power Station
Steven's Croft Power Station is a biomass power plant in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 46 MW of capacity, owned by Eon.
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 | Dumfries and Galloway (coordinates), Scotland | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2007 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Eon (company that returns the dukes survey, usually the owner) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 46 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.1537, -3.3782 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Steven's Croft is the 255th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 807th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 46 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 | 255th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 807th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,144th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 42 grid connections (22 operating, 338 MW), 18 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Burn Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 31.1 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Burnfoot Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 31 km |
| Silloth | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Dryholme Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.38 MW | Operating | 33 km |
| Easton | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Westlinton | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 38 km |
Owner and place
More from Eon
- Afton Wind Farm50 MW
- K3 CHP Facility (Kemsley EfW)49.9 MW
- Blackburn Meadows34 MW
- EPSRC Willenhall2 MW
- Umspannwerk Unterschleißheimsubstation
- 110 kV substation (OSM way/85284549)substation
- Dillenburgsubstation
- Umspannwerk Nieskysubstation
Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.