Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Land North of Balbeggie Avenue
Land North of Balbeggie Avenue is a permitted power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by North Gisborne.
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 | Land To North Of, Balbeggie Avenue, Balbeggie Thornton, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3NS | 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 | 29 Mar 2016 (permit 15/03472/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 | 13 Oct 2015 (reference 15/03472/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Mar 2016 (granted, reference 15/03472/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | North Gisborne | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 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 | 27 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.1576, -3.1484 | 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 15/03472/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 15/03472/FULL)
How it compares
Land North of Balbeggie Avenue is the 669th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,193rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 669th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,193rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,951st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 63 grid connections (19 operating, 354 MW), 49 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 | 16 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 20 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in Scotland
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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
- 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.