Power plant · North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Benthead Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Benthead Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 31.1 MW of capacity, operated by Locogen.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Ayrshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Benhead Farm, Kilwinning, KA13 7RU | 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 | 11 Aug 2023 (permit ECU00004702, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Dec 2022 (reference ECU00004702, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Aug 2023 (granted, reference ECU00004702, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Locogen | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 31.1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.6844, -4.6460 | 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 Government (S36), reference ECU00004702)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004702)
How it compares
Benthead Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 499th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,561st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 31.1 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 | 499th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,561st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,955th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 19 substations, 9 grid connections (5 operating, 39 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 19 km |
| Bruchag Primary | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Innellan Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Rothesay Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 35 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.