Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
West Springfield Solar Farm - Solar Panels & BESS
West Springfield Solar Farm - Solar Panels & BESS is a planned power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, operated by BLC Energy.
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 | Fife (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | KY15 5RE | 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 | 2 Apr 2025 (reference ECU00006134, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BLC Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.2973, -3.0837 | 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.
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00006134)
How it compares
West Springfield Solar Farm - Solar Panels & BESS is the 484th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,489th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 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 | 484th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,489th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,772nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 90 grid connections (26 operating, 392 MW), 61 substations and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 12 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Balgonie Farm BESS 49.9MW grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Balgonie Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Errol Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
More from BLC Energy
- Dupplin Solar - Solar Array97.5 MW · planned
- West Springfield Solar Farm - Solar Panels & BESS49.9 MW · planned
- Cossans Solar Farm - Solar Farm49.9 MW · planned
- Cossans Solar Farm -ESS35 MW · planned
Other power plants in Scotland
- 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.