Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sustainable Power and Research Campus Power Station
Sustainable Power and Research Campus Power Station is a biomass power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.5 MW of capacity, operated by University of St Andrews.
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 | Fife (planning authority), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Main Street, Curtis Fine Paper Mill, Guardbridge, St. Andrews, KY16 0US | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Feb 2014 (permit 14/00189/PAN, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Jan 2014 (reference 14/00189/PAN, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Feb 2014 (granted, reference 14/00189/PAN, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | University of St Andrews | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.3662, -2.8883 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Fife, reference 14/00189/PAN)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 14/00189/PAN)
How it compares
Sustainable Power and Research Campus is the 817th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 3,006th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.5 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 | 817th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,006th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,518th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 92 grid connections (26 operating, 392 MW), 65 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broughty Ferry Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Overgate Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Constable Street Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Locarno Works grid connection | Grid connection | 43.6 MW | Planned | 12 km |
| Poundstretchers Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 53.2 MW | Planned | 12 km |
| MID Craigie Industrial Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 47 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.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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