Power plant · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Little Drum Solar Farm - Solar Park & Battery Storage
Little Drum Solar Farm - Solar Park & Battery Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by Grupotec Solar UK 5 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 | Dumfries and Galloway (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Little Drum Near High Banks, DG6 4QB | 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 | 28 Jul 2025 (permit 24/2616/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Jan 2025 (reference 24/2616/FUL, planning authority Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 24/2616/FUL, planning authority Dumfries and Galloway) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Grupotec Solar UK 5 Limited (applicant) | 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 | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.8180, -4.0261 | 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 Dumfries and Galloway, reference 24/2616/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dumfries and Galloway, reference 24/2616/FUL)
How it compares
Little Drum Solar Farm - Solar Park & Battery Storage is the 589th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,822nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 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 | 589th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,822nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,598th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 43 grid connections (28 operating, 388 MW) and 15 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Rigg East Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 94.1 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Robin Rigg West Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 94.1 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Wythegill Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| Siddick | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Maryport | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Annie Pit | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
Operator and place
More from Grupotec Solar UK 5 Limited
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.