Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Water Treatment Works, Howden Wells - Solar Photovoltaic System
Water Treatment Works, Howden Wells - Solar Photovoltaic System is a permitted power plant in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.14 MW of capacity, operated by Scottish Water.
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 | Scottish Borders (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Water Treatment Works, Howden Wells, Howden Farm, Selkirk, TD7 5HQ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 29 Sept 2023 (permit 23/01119/CLPU, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Scottish Borders) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Aug 2023 (reference 23/01119/CLPU, planning authority Scottish Borders) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Sept 2023 (granted, reference 23/01119/CLPU, planning authority Scottish Borders) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Scottish Water | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.14 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.5408, -2.8602 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Borders, reference 23/01119/CLPU)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Borders, reference 23/01119/CLPU)
How it compares
Water Treatment Works, Howden Wells - Solar Photovoltaic System is the 846th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 3,055th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.14 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 | 846th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,055th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,287th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 data centers, 2 grid connections (11.6 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 44 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
| Kielder Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 5.6 MW | Operating | 46 km |
| Hydro 6 MW grid connection at Kielder Hydro | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 48 km |
| Kielder | Substation | — | — | 48 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 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. 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.