Power plant · Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wellbank - Solar Farm
Wellbank - Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Greentech.
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 | Angus (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Field 196M NW/O Wellbank Farm Wellbank, DD5 3PN | 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 Feb 2024 (permit 23/00424/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Jun 2023 (reference 23/00424/FULM, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Feb 2024 (granted, reference 23/00424/FULM, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Greentech (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 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 | 45 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.5316, -2.8700 | 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 Angus, reference 23/00424/FULM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Angus, reference 23/00424/FULM)
How it compares
Wellbank - Solar Farm is the 486th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,465th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 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 | 486th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,465th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,118th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 94 grid connections (27 operating, 402 MW) and 68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellbank grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Ashludie Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Baldovie EFW Line 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 5.4 km |
| Baldovie Waste to Energy Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 8.27 MW | Operating | 5.4 km |
| Longhaugh Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Edzell Street Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 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.
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