Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Upper Bighouse Biomass Boilers
Upper Bighouse Biomass Boilers is a planned power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 260 MW of capacity, operated by Upper Bighouse Farm.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land 170M North Of 27 Upper Bighouse Forsinard, KW13 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Jan 2021 (reference 21/00334/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Upper Bighouse Farm (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 260 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 | 58.4902, -3.9047 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Highland, reference 21/00334/FUL)
How it compares
Upper Bighouse Biomass Boilers is the 67th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 236th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 260 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 67th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.28% |
| United Kingdom | 236th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 570th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 45 grid connections (19 operating, 272 MW) and 16 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvich Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Melvich Wind Energy Hub grid connection | Grid connection | 86.4 MW | Planned | 8.9 km |
| Dounreay BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 36 MW | Planned | 12 km |
| Dounreay GSP | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Bettyhill Phase 2 Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 96 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Forss Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 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.
- 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.