Hywind 2

Hywind 2 is a 1 MW storage power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is operated by Statoil. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 250 homes (estimated). It ranks #2691 of 2,751 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR2001152.

Capacity vs largest storage plants in United Kingdom

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Statoil. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This storage plant stores and releases electricity (pumped-hydro or batteries) to balance the grid. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 57.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 56% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 82/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #29 largest storage power plant of 31 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 31 storage power plants in this dataset, together about 897 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Peterhead · Gas · 1,180 MW · Scotland
• Stoneyhill Landfill Site · Waste · 4 MW · Scotland
• St Fergus Moss Wind Farm · Wind · 6 MW · Scotland
• Land at Overside and Greenwellheads Farms · Wind · 9 MW · Scotland
• Yonderton Farm · Wind · 1 MW · Scotland
• West Knock Wind Cluster · Wind · 2 MW · Scotland

Location

Coordinates 57.5108, -1.8028 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.