Power plant · Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Drumforskie - Solar Array
Drumforskie - Solar Array is a planned power plant in Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity, operated by Forster Group Ltd.
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 | Aberdeen City (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Drumforskie, Aberdeen, AB12 5XJ | 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 | 9 Dec 2025 (ref. 251307/DPP, Aberdeen City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Forster Group Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.5 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 |
| Coordinates | 57.1096, -2.1138 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Drumforskie - Solar Array is the 804th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,738th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 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 | 804th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,738th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,916th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 92 grid connections (36 operating, 321 MW) and 73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumforskie PV grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Redmoss GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Redmoss Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Kincorth Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Craigshaw Drive EV & BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 5.8 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Craigshaw Drive EV & BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 5.8 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- 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.