Power plant · Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Airyhall Distribution Service Reservoir, St Johns Terrace - Solar Panels
Airyhall Distribution Service Reservoir, St Johns Terrace - Solar Panels is a cancelled solar power plant in Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.05 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 | Aberdeen City (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Airyhall Distribution Service Reservoir St John's Terrace, AB15 7PH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 1 Sept 2023 (permit 230212/DPP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Aberdeen City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Mar 2023 (reference 230212/DPP, planning authority Aberdeen City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Sept 2023 (granted, reference 230212/DPP, planning authority Aberdeen City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Scottish Water (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.05 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 |
| Area | 0.69 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.1301, -2.1387 | 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.
- Permit granted (planning authority Aberdeen City, reference 230212/DPP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Aberdeen City, reference 230212/DPP)
How it compares
Airyhall Distribution Service Reservoir, St Johns Terrace - Solar Panels is the 1,293rd-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 5,614th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.05 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 | 1,293rd of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,614th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 15,504th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 104 grid connections (44 operating, 369 MW), 73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruthrieston Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Craigiebuckler GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Craigiebuckler Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Craigton Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 48.4 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Craigshaw Drive EV & BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 5.8 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Craigshaw Drive EV & BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 5.8 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 2.8 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in Scotland
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- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
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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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