Errol
Errol is a 13 MW solar farm in Scotland, operated by Greencoat Capital. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Scotland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 13 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PH2 7NL
- Coordinates
- 56.3751, -3.2671
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Errol compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 13 MW station would generate roughly 11 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 4,220 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) sites generate electricity from sunlight. Panels produce direct current, which inverters convert to alternating current for the grid. Output follows daylight and the seasons, so annual generation is a small fraction of the maximum possible.
All UK solar farms Solar farms in Scotland All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Lochelbank Β· 9.6 MW onshore wind farm12.8 km
- Markinch Β· 61 MW biomass power station20.4 km
- West Strathore Β· 4.98 MW solar farm24.5 km
- Earlseat Wind Farm (GB) Β· 16 MW onshore wind farm25.2 km
- Middle Balbeggie Β· 6.4 MW onshore wind farm25.4 km
- Westfield Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm25.6 km
- Middle Balbeggie Β· 5 MW solar farm25.8 km
- EPR Scotland Ltd Β· 12.5 MW biomass power station26.1 km
Also operated by Greencoat Capital
Greencoat Capital operates 195 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Errol Estate
- Developer / operator
- Elgin Energy EsCo
- Planning authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Planning reference
- 14/00353/FLL
- Application submitted
- 17 March 2014
- Permission granted
- 12 June 2014
- Construction started
- 7 December 2015
- Began operating
- 19 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 13 MW
- Address
- Land 500 Metres South East Of Cottown House Cottown, Tayside, PH2 7RA
- REPD reference
- 1930
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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