Power plant · Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glasgow Airport Solar Farm
Glasgow Airport Solar Farm is a solar power plant under construction in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 19.9 MW of capacity, operated by AGS Airports 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 | Renfrewshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 50 Metres East Of Walkinshaw Gardens Barnsford Road Paisley, PA3 2SX | 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 | 6 Apr 2023 (permit 22/0746/PP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Nov 2022 (reference 22/0746/PP, planning authority Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Apr 2023 (granted, reference 22/0746/PP, planning authority Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AGS Airports Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19.9 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 | 29.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8653, -4.4257 | 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 Renfrewshire, reference 22/0746/PP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Renfrewshire, reference 22/0746/PP)
How it compares
Glasgow Airport Solar Farm is the 550th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,674th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19.9 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 | 550th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,674th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,733rd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 21 substations, 14 grid connections (9 operating, 223 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 22 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.