Power plant · North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Meadowhead Sewage Treatment Plant, Meadowhead Road - Solar Array
Meadowhead Sewage Treatment Plant, Meadowhead Road - Solar Array is a permitted power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.56 MW of capacity, operated by Scottish Water.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Ayrshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Meadowhead Sewage Treatment Plant Meadowhead Road, KA11 5AT | 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 | 7 Jun 2024 (permit 24/00375/PP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 May 2024 (ref. 24/00375/PP, North Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Jun 2024 (granted, ref. 24/00375/PP, North Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Scottish Water | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.56 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 | 1.82 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.5814, -4.6374 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Meadowhead Sewage Treatment Plant, Meadowhead Road - Solar Array is the 836th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,918th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.56 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 | 836th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,918th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,135th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 12 substations and 5 grid connections (2 operating, 4.05 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 27 km |
| Whiting Bay Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Bruchag Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Brodick Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Glenkiln Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 33 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 46 km |
Operator 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.
- 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.