Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Denhead - Solar Array
Denhead - Solar Array is a permitted power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Muirden Energy.
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 | Denhead, Banff, AB45 3AL | 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 | 18 Apr 2024 (permit APP/2023/2040, 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 | 21 Nov 2023 (reference APP/2023/2040, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Apr 2024 (granted, reference APP/2023/2040, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Muirden Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 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 | 50 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.6450, -2.5816 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2023/2040)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2023/2040)
How it compares
Denhead - Solar Array is the 545th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,741st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 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 | 545th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,741st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,376th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 117 grid connections (53 operating, 369 MW) and 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denhead Solar Macduff GSP grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Strath of Bydock Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.37 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Gawnsmoss Farm Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Macduff GSP | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Macduff Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Portsoy Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.6 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.