Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
RAF Lossiemouth - Solar Panels
RAF Lossiemouth - Solar Panels is a planned power plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5.04 MW of capacity, operated by Cogeo Planning & Environmental Services Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Raf Lossiemouth, Lossiemouth, IV31 6SD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 May 2026 (reference 26/00589/APP, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cogeo Planning & Environmental Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5.04 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 | 57.7121, -3.3049 | 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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- Permit applied for (planning authority Moray, reference 26/00589/APP)
How it compares
RAF Lossiemouth - Solar Panels is the 738th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,483rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.04 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 738th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,483rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,615th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 61 grid connections (21 operating, 410 MW) and 46 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAF Lossiemouth grid connection | Grid connection | 4.95 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Lossiemouth Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Wester Covesea Solar, Wind and Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 180 MW | Planned | 4.5 km |
| Elgin Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Elgin GSP | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Elgin BESS Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 5.4 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.