Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Westfield (former Opencast Coal Mine)
Westfield (former Opencast Coal Mine) is a power plant under construction in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 23.7 MW of capacity, operated by Brockwell Energy Limited.
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 | Westfield Opencast Coal Site, Cardenden, Lochgelly, KY5 0JD | 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 | 7 Feb 2019 (permit 18/02342/ARC, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Aug 2018 (reference 18/02342/ARC, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Feb 2019 (granted, reference 18/02342/ARC, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Brockwell Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23.7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.1508, -3.2580 | 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 Fife, reference 18/02342/ARC)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 18/02342/ARC)
How it compares
Westfield (former Opencast Coal Mine) is the 567th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,816th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23.7 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 | 567th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,816th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,511th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 64 grid connections (20 operating, 361 MW), 49 substations and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Fragland grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 18 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 18 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.