Power plant · Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Binn Farm Solar Farm
Binn Farm Solar Farm is a planned solar power plant in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 39 MW of capacity, operated by Trio Power Limited.
Facts
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| 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 | Binn Farm, Glenfarg, Perth, PH2 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Jan 2026 (reference 25/01836/FLM, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Trio Power Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 39 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 | 58.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.3885, -3.4012 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 25/01836/FLM)
How it compares
Binn Farm Solar Farm is the 414th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,219th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 39 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 | 414th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,219th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,463rd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 92 grid connections (31 operating, 431 MW) and 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Thimblerow Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Scone Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Perth Royal Infirmary grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Planned | 3.3 km |
| Pitheavlis grid connection | Grid connection | 1.39 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Stormont Park - Phase 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.16 MW | Planned | 4.3 km |
Operator and place
More from Trio Power Limited
- Leyden Road - Solar Array40 MW · planned
- Leyden Road - Battery Energy Storage9 MW · planned
- Binn Farm Solar Farm6 MW · planned
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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.