Power plant · City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport - Solar Farm
Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9 MW of capacity, operated by Edinburgh Airport, Ampyr Energy UK Development Limited and City of Edinburgh Council.
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 | City of Edinburgh (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh, EH12 9DN | 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 | 25 Oct 2021 (permit 21/05261/PNE, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by City of Edinburgh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Oct 2021 (reference 21/05261/PNE, planning authority City of Edinburgh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Oct 2021 (granted, reference 21/05261/PNE, planning authority City of Edinburgh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Edinburgh Airport (City of Edinburgh Council / Edinburgh Airport/ Ampyr Energy UK Development Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ampyr Energy UK Development Limited (City of Edinburgh Council / Edinburgh Airport/ Ampyr Energy UK Development Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | City of Edinburgh Council (City of Edinburgh Council / Edinburgh Airport/ Ampyr Energy UK Development Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 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 | 6.48 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.9498, -3.3604 | 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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Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport - Solar Farm is the 711th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,343rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9 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 | 711th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,343rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,437th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 31 grid connections (11 operating, 132 MW), 11 data centers and 10 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 36 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 38 km |
| Fragland grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 39 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
Operators and place
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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.
- 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.