Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility
Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Elgin Energy ES Co Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | E/O A90 Peterhead to Fraserburgh Road, Se/O St Fergus Village, Peterhead, AB42 3HD | 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 | 22 Dec 2022 (permit ECU00003226, 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 | 11 Feb 2021 (reference ECU00003226, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Dec 2022 (granted, reference ECU00003226, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elgin Energy ES Co Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 113 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.5616, -1.8391 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility is the 285th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 755th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 285th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 755th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,832nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 90 grid connections (45 operating, 245 MW), 50 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Fergus grid connection | Grid connection | 9.7 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Bruxiehill Wind Generating grid connection | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Kirkton PV + ESS grid connection | Grid connection | 43.8 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| St Fergus GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Peterhead Grange GSP | Substation | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Peterhead Grange Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 49 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from Elgin Energy ES Co Limited
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- The Transmitting Station, Williton - Battery Storage (Wyndham Estate)20 MW · permitted
- Lychgate Lane, Aston Flamville - Solar Farm20 MW · under construction
- Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility20 MW · permitted
- Cullerlie Solar Farm13 MW · permitted
- Rochdale BESS grid connection99.9 MW
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- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.
- 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.
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