Power plant · West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Selms Muir - Solar Farm
Selms Muir - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 18 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Connections.
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 | Selms Muir Kirknewton, EH27 8DW | 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 | 27 Sept 2022 (permit 0442/FUL/22, 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 | 30 May 2022 (reference 0442/FUL/22, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Sept 2022 (granted, reference 0442/FUL/22, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Connections | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18 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 | 44.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8839, -3.4407 | 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 granted (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0442/FUL/22)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0442/FUL/22)
How it compares
Selms Muir - Solar Farm is the 633rd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,032nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18 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 | 633rd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,032nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,156th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 14 grid connections (5 operating, 49.4 MW), 11 data centers and 4 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 | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 43 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 46 km |
| Lochebank Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.45 MW | Operating | 46 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
Operator and place
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- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- 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.
- © 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.