Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bilbo Solar Farm Energy Storage
Bilbo Solar Farm Energy Storage is a battery storage plant under construction in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 40 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 | 18 Oct 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 | 18 Oct 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 | 40 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 | 57.5932, -1.9012 | 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 Energy Storage is the 400th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,136th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 400th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,136th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,350th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 90 grid connections (45 operating, 200 MW) and 40 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 | 0.6 km |
| 9MW WIND grid connection | Grid connection | 9 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Frodo & Bilbo Farm Solar/BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 74.6 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| St Fergus GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Mintlaw Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Strichen GSP | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
Operator and place
More from Green Energy International
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- Caudwell Farm, Hollbeach - Solar Array49.9 MW · permitted
- Jockstown Farm Solar Farm37.9 MW
- Bilbo Solar Farm36.6 MW · under construction
- Patrickston Farm15 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 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.