Power plant · Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Middleton Road, Linwood - Solar Photovoltaic Panels
Middleton Road, Linwood - Solar Photovoltaic Panels is a permitted power plant in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.64 MW of capacity, operated by Scottish Water Horizons.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Renfrewshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Former Water Treatment Works, Middleton Road, Linwood, Paisley, Strathclyde, PA3 3DP | 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 | 23 Jan 2025 (permit 24/0248/PP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Apr 2024 (reference 24/0248/PP, planning authority Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jan 2025 (granted, reference 24/0248/PP, planning authority Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Scottish Water Horizons | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.64 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 | 2.25 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8545, -4.4821 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Middleton Road, Linwood - Solar Photovoltaic Panels is the 832nd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,893rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.64 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 | 832nd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,893rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,106th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Dumfin 11kV Network | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 23 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.
- © 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.