Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunfermline North - Solar Photovoltaic Array/Battery storage
Dunfermline North - Solar Photovoltaic Array/Battery storage is a power plant under construction in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 29.9 MW of capacity, operated by Dunfermline 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 | Fife (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Lochead Landfill Site, KY12 0RX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 23 Jun 2023 (permit 22/01225/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Apr 2022 (reference 22/01225/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jun 2023 (granted, reference 22/01225/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Dunfermline Solar Limited (Dunfermline Solar Limited (AMPYR Solar Europe)) | 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 | 46.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.1011, -3.4618 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Fife, reference 22/01225/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 22/01225/FULL)
How it compares
Dunfermline North - Solar Photovoltaic Array/Battery storage is the 524th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,675th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 29.9 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 | 524th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,675th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,103rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 50 grid connections (16 operating, 243 MW), 34 substations and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 19 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Lochebank Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.45 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Fragland grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 23 km |
| Gleneagles Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 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.