Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bilbo Solar Farm
Bilbo Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 36.6 MW of capacity, operated by Green Energy International.
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 | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Bilbo Solar Farm, Moss-side, Crimond, Fraserburgh, Grampian, AB43 8QJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Nov 2019 (permit APP/2019/0296, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Jun 2019 (reference APP/2019/0296, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Nov 2019 (granted, reference APP/2019/0296, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Energy International | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 36.6 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 | 50.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.5912, -1.9092 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2019/0296)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2019/0296)
How it compares
Bilbo Solar Farm is the 474th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,468th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 36.6 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 | 474th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,468th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,714th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 91 grid connections (46 operating, 250 MW) and 42 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5MW Greenside Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| 9MW WIND grid connection | Grid connection | 9 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Frodo & Bilbo Farm Solar/BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 74.6 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| St Fergus GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Mintlaw Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Strichen GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.6 km |
Operator and place
More from Green Energy International
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- Caudwell Farm, Hollbeach - Solar Array49.9 MW · permitted
- Bilbo Solar Farm Energy Storage40 MW · under construction
- Jockstown Farm Solar Farm37.9 MW · permitted
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Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.
- 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.