Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Flexcon, Whitworth Road - Solar Panels
Flexcon, Whitworth Road - Solar Panels is a cancelled solar power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.47 MW of capacity, operated by Flexcon Europe.
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 | Flexcon Whitworth Road, KY6 2TF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 13 Oct 2023 (permit 23/02030/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 | 18 Aug 2023 (reference 23/02030/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Oct 2023 (granted, reference 23/02030/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Flexcon Europe (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.47 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 | 0.94 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.1771, -3.1824 | 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 Fife, reference 23/02030/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 23/02030/FULL)
How it compares
Flexcon, Whitworth Road - Solar Panels is the 1,262nd-largest of 1,342 power plants in Scotland and the 5,375th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.47 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,262nd of 1,342 | 46,828 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,375th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 12,174th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 65 grid connections (20 operating, 361 MW), 52 substations and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
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