Power plant · Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Binn Eco Park - Solar
Binn Eco Park - Solar is a permitted power plant in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Green Cat Renewables Developments.
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 | Perth and Kinross (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 150 Metres Ne/O Binn Hill, Transmitting Station, Glenfarg, Perth, PH2 9PX | 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 | 29 Sept 2021 (permit 21/00705/FLL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 May 2021 (reference 21/00705/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Sept 2021 (granted, reference 21/00705/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Cat Renewables Developments | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 | 9.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.3063, -3.3364 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 21/00705/FLL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 21/00705/FLL)
How it compares
Binn Eco Park - Solar is the 739th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,484th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 739th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,484th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,616th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 88 grid connections (28 operating, 407 MW), 61 substations and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binn Ecopar grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Bridge of Earn Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
Operator and place
More from Green Cat Renewables Developments
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- 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.
- © 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.