Power plant · Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nigg Waste Water Plant, Coast Road - Solar PV Arrays
Nigg Waste Water Plant, Coast Road - Solar PV Arrays is a permitted power plant in Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.13 MW of capacity, operated by Scottish Water Horizons.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aberdeen City (planning authority), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Nigg Waste Water Plant Coast Road, AB11 8QX | 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 | 15 Sept 2023 (permit 230941/DPP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Aberdeen City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Aug 2023 (reference 230941/DPP, planning authority Aberdeen City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Sept 2023 (granted, reference 230941/DPP, planning authority Aberdeen City) | 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 | 1.13 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 | 0.98 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.1338, -2.0582 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Nigg Waste Water Plant, Coast Road - Solar PV Arrays is the 847th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 3,056th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.13 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 | 847th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,056th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,288th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 102 grid connections (41 operating, 338 MW), 69 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigg Sea Outfall grid connection | Grid connection | 1.62 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Balnagask Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Craiginches Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Commerce Street Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Altens 10MW PV + Electolyser grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Craigshaw Drive EV & BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 5.8 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 6.5 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.