Power plant · City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Chariot Drive, Newbridge Road - Solar Panels
Chariot Drive, Newbridge Road - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.22 MW of capacity, operated by Nuveen Real Estate.
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 | City of Edinburgh (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 1 & 2 Chariot Drive, 2 Newbridge Road & 1 & 2 Huly Hill Road Newbridge, EH28 8PH | 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 | 9 Nov 2022 (permit 22/03835/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by City of Edinburgh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Sept 2022 (reference 22/03835/FUL, planning authority City of Edinburgh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Nov 2022 (granted, reference 22/03835/FUL, planning authority City of Edinburgh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Nuveen Real Estate | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.22 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 |
| Coordinates | 55.9387, -3.4014 | 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 City of Edinburgh, reference 22/03835/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority City of Edinburgh, reference 22/03835/FUL)
How it compares
Chariot Drive, Newbridge Road - Solar Panels is the 843rd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 3,019th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.22 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 | 843rd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,019th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,248th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 30 grid connections (10 operating, 122 MW), 11 data centers and 10 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 39 km |
| Lochebank Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.45 MW | Operating | 40 km |
| Gleneagles Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 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.