Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fernishaw Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Facility
Fernishaw Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 75 MW of capacity, operated by Elgin 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 | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | east of Fernieshaw Road and west of Muiredge and Jersey Road, Cleland, ML1 5NG | 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 | 23 Jul 2025 (permit ECU00004871, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Dec 2023 (reference ECU00004871, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jul 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004871, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elgin Energy (Elgin Energy (EEB67)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 75 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 | 116 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8133, -3.8784 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Fernishaw Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Facility is the 217th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 611th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 75 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 | 217th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 611th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,554th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 12 data centers, 10 grid connections (4 operating, 35.9 MW) and 9 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 31 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 38 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 42 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.