Power plant · North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Shewalton Landfill Solar Farm
Shewalton Landfill Solar Farm is a solar power plant under construction in North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by North Ayrshire Council.
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 | North Ayrshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Landfill Site Shewalton Road, Riverside Business Park, Irvine, KA11 5AW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Jun 2023 (permit 23/00318/PP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 May 2023 (reference 23/00318/PP, planning authority North Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Jun 2023 (granted, reference 23/00318/PP, planning authority North Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | North Ayrshire Council | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 | 18.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.5993, -4.6481 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority North Ayrshire, reference 23/00318/PP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Ayrshire, reference 23/00318/PP)
How it compares
Shewalton Landfill Solar Farm is the 650th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,046th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 650th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,046th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,196th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 14 substations, 5 grid connections (2 operating, 4.05 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 25 km |
| Bruchag Primary | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Whiting Bay Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Brodick Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Glenkiln Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 32 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 44 km |
Operator and place
More from North Ayrshire Council
- Nethermains - Solar Farm7.5 MW · under construction
- Nethermains5 MW
- Shewalton Landfill Site3 MW
- Nethermains PV grid connection6.69 MW
- Shewalton Farm grid connection4.93 MW
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- Seagreen1,075 MW
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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.
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