Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coast Viners Animal Nutrition, Drumlithie - Solar Array & Battery Storage
Coast Viners Animal Nutrition, Drumlithie - Solar Array & Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.2 MW of capacity, operated by East Coast Viners Renewables Limited.
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 | Adj East Coast Viners Animal Nutrition Drumlithie Stonehaven, AB39 2XQ | 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 | 10 Feb 2023 (permit APP/2022/1701, 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 | 18 Aug 2022 (ref. APP/2022/1701, Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Feb 2023 (granted, ref. APP/2022/1701, Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | East Coast Viners Renewables Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.2 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 | 22.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.9200, -2.3330 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Coast Viners Animal Nutrition, Drumlithie - Solar Array & Battery Storage is the 709th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,339th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.2 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 709th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,339th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,431st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 98 grid connections (29 operating, 303 MW) and 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadwood grid connection | Grid connection | 6.56 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Jacksbank Renewable Energy Park grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Generation 49.9 MW grid connection at Fettersso Grid | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Fiddes GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Fetteresso GSP | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Stonehaven Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.6 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.