Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Babcock Marine Bldg, Wood Road - Solar Photovoltaic Array
Babcock Marine Bldg, Wood Road - Solar Photovoltaic Array is a permitted solar power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5.64 MW of capacity, operated by Babcock Marine.
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 (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Babcock Marine Bldg,180 Wood Road, Rosyth Business Park, Rosyth, Dunfermline, KY11 2YD | 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 | 8 Dec 2023 (permit 23/02089/FULL, 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 | 24 Aug 2023 (reference 23/02089/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Dec 2023 (granted, reference 23/02089/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Babcock Marine (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5.64 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 | 10.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.0299, -3.4382 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Fife, reference 23/02089/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 23/02089/FULL)
How it compares
Babcock Marine Bldg, Wood Road - Solar Photovoltaic Array is the 648th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,034th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.64 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 648th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,034th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,178th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 38 grid connections (13 operating, 189 MW), 21 substations and 11 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 27 km |
| Lochebank Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.45 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Fragland grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 30 km |
| Gleneagles Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 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.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.