Renewable energy projects in West Dunbartonshire
10 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in West Dunbartonshire (REPD, July 2026 extract): 4 pending, 3 approved but not running, 0 operational and 1 refused.
How West Dunbartonshire decides
West Dunbartonshire has 4 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Projects in West Dunbartonshire
Projects of 1 MW and more (7)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braidfield Road, Hardgatebattery storage | battery storage | 100 | application submittedupdated Feb 2025 | Dec 2024 | — | Feb 2025 |
| Vale of Leven Wind Farmwind farm | wind farm | 70 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Nov 2023 | Oct 2023 | — | Nov 2023 |
| Kilpatrick Hillswind farm | wind farm | 60 | application withdrawnupdated Apr 2008 | — | — | Apr 2008 |
| Merkins Wind Farmwind farm | wind farm | 25 | refusedupdated Nov 2013 | Jan 2012 | refused Oct 2013 | Nov 2013 |
| Vale of Leven Wind Farmbattery storage | battery storage | 20 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Nov 2023 | Oct 2023 | — | Nov 2023 |
| Aggreko, Stirling Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 8.8 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Sep 2022 | Aug 2022 | — | Sep 2022 |
| Blairlinnans Water Treatment Plant, Stirling Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 1.3 | application withdrawnupdated Mar 2026 | Aug 2024 | — | Mar 2026 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Kilpatrick Service Reservoir, Mount Pleasant Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 | granted Oct 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| Carrochan Road, Ballochrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | under constructionupdated Nov 2023 | Jun 2023 | granted Sep 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| Kilmaronock Millennium Hall Car Park - Ground Mounted Solar Arraysolar farm | solar farm | — | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026 | Nov 2025 | granted Dec 2025 | Feb 2026 |
Postcode districts in West Dunbartonshire
32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided. Projects belong to West Dunbartonshire by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.