Kinblethmont
Kinblethmont is a 5 MW solar farm in Scotland, operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments. 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
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Cubico Sustainable Investments
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DD11 4RW
- Coordinates
- 56.6121, -2.6014
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 Kinblethmont compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5 MW station would generate roughly 4.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,620 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 Cubico Sustainable InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Park Hill Β· 5 MW solar farm1.3 km
- Pressock Β· 4.25 MW solar farm7.0 km
- Guynd Β· 9.5 MW solar farm8.0 km
- Twinshiels Β· 25 MW onshore wind farm27.9 km
- Drumderg Windfarm Β· 36.8 MW onshore wind farm38.6 km
- Mid Hill Β· 75.9 MW onshore wind farm40.3 km
- Tullymurdoch Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm43.8 km
- NNG Β· 448 MW offshore wind farm43.9 km
Also operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments
Cubico Sustainable Investments operates 18 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
- West Mains of Kinblethmont
- Developer / operator
- BWE Partnership
- Planning authority
- Angus
- Planning reference
- 15/00468/FULL
- Application submitted
- 18 May 2015
- Permission granted
- 4 September 2015
- Construction started
- 15 February 2016
- Began operating
- 31 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- West Mains of Kinblethmont, Kinblethmont, Arbroath, Tayside, Angus, DD11 4RW
- REPD reference
- 5333
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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