Power plant · Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Houston Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility
Houston Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility is a permitted battery storage plant in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by The Old Rectory.
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 | Houston Village Hall, 19 Main Street, Houston, Johnstone, PA6 7EL | 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 | 20 Mar 2026 (permit ECU00004825, 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 | 4 Oct 2023 (reference ECU00004825, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Mar 2026 (granted, reference ECU00004825, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | The Old Rectory (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8691, -4.5477 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004825)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004825)
How it compares
Houston Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility is the 486th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,465th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 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 | 486th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,465th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,118th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 26 substations, 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Dumfin 11kV Network | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 20 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.