Power plant · West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Duddingston Solar Farm and Battery Storage
Duddingston Solar Farm and Battery Storage is a permitted solar power plant in West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 29.9 MW of capacity, operated by Aithrie Net Zero Solar 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 | West Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Duddingston, Newton, South Queensferry, EH30 9SN | 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 | 3 Apr 2024 (permit 1016/FUL/23, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Jan 2024 (reference 1016/FUL/23, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Apr 2024 (granted, reference 1016/FUL/23, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Aithrie Net Zero Solar Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 29.9 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 | 45.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.9873, -3.4404 | 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 West Lothian, reference 1016/FUL/23)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Lothian, reference 1016/FUL/23)
How it compares
Duddingston Solar Farm and Battery Storage is the 466th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,409th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 29.9 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 | 466th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,409th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,855th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 38 grid connections (13 operating, 189 MW), 18 substations and 11 data centers, 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 | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 31 km |
| Lochebank Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.45 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| Gleneagles Primary | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
Operator and place
More from Aithrie Net Zero Solar Limited
- Duddingston Solar Farm and Battery Storage20 MW · permitted
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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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.