Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Shore Road - Distillery and Visitor Centre Solar Farm
Shore Road - Distillery and Visitor Centre Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Dornoch Distillery.
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 | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 40m Sw/O Dornoch Health Centre, Shore Road, Dornoch, IV25 3LS | 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 | 31 Oct 2023 (permit 22/06107/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Jan 2023 (reference 22/06107/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Oct 2023 (granted, reference 22/06107/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Dornoch Distillery (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 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 | 1.76 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.8802, -4.0252 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Highland, reference 22/06107/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Highland, reference 22/06107/FUL)
How it compares
Shore Road - Distillery and Visitor Centre is the 730th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,457th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 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 | 730th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,457th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,708th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 52 substations and 51 grid connections (19 operating, 370 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dornoch Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Tain Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Golspie Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| CRE Energy grid connection | Grid connection | 29 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Struie Wind Generation Station grid connection | Grid connection | 4.37 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| 50MW grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 18 km |
Operator and place
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- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 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.
- 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.