Power plant · West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nettlehill Road - Solar Panels
Nettlehill Road - Solar Panels is a permitted solar power plant in West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.8 MW of capacity, operated by Zestec Renewable Energy.
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 | West Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 16 Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DL | 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 Feb 2024 (permit 0042/FUL/24, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Jan 2024 (reference 0042/FUL/24, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Feb 2024 (granted, reference 0042/FUL/24, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Zestec Renewable Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.8 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 |
| Coordinates | 55.9158, -3.5109 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0042/FUL/24)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0042/FUL/24)
How it compares
Nettlehill Road - Solar Panels is the 697th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,208th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.8 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 | 697th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,208th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,393rd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 31 grid connections (10 operating, 129 MW), 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 39 km |
| Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 110 MW | Planned | 41 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
| Highland Spring Group grid connection | Grid connection | 5.5 MW | Planned | 42 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.