Solar, wind and battery projects near Bearsden (G61)
40 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of G61 (East Dunbartonshire): 8 are waiting for a planning decision, 26 approved but not yet running, 2 operational. The largest live scheme is Whitehall Battery Storage (560 MW battery storage, approved on 22 July 2025, not yet built), 3.8 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of G61
Projects of 1 MW and more (16)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windyhill Battery Storage Facilitybattery storage | battery storage | 200 | under constructionupdated Jun 2026 | Oct 2021 | granted Jun 2022 | Jun 2026 | East Dunbartonshire | 2.8 |
| Whitehall Battery Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 560 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2025 | Nov 2023 | granted Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 | East Dunbartonshire | 3.8 |
| Braidfield Road, Hardgatebattery storage | battery storage | 100 | application submittedupdated Feb 2025 | Dec 2024 | — | Feb 2025 | West Dunbartonshire | 4.5 |
| Caledonian Solar Parksolar farm | solar farm | 18.4 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Nov 2021 | Oct 2021 | granted Jun 2023 | Nov 2021 | Glasgow City | 4.6 |
| Broomloan Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not builtupdated Oct 2024 | Mar 2024 | granted Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 | Glasgow City | 7.2 |
| Vale of Leven Wind Farmwind farm | wind farm | 70 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Nov 2023 | Oct 2023 | — | Nov 2023 | West Dunbartonshire | 7.6 |
| Vale of Leven Wind Farmbattery storage | battery storage | 20 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Nov 2023 | Oct 2023 | — | Nov 2023 | West Dunbartonshire | 7.6 |
| Govan Battery Energy Storage Systembattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | application submittedupdated Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | — | Mar 2025 | Glasgow City | 7.6 |
| Barnwell, Wright Streetbattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | refusedupdated Aug 2024 | Feb 2024 | refused May 2024 | Aug 2024 | Renfrewshire | 7.9 |
| Kilpatrick Hillswind farm | wind farm | 60 | application withdrawnupdated Apr 2008 | — | — | Apr 2008 | West Dunbartonshire | 8.2 |
| Whitehill Energy Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 200 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2024 | Oct 2022 | granted Oct 2024 | Dec 2024 | Glasgow City | 8.5 |
| Glasgow Airport Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 19.9 | under constructionupdated Nov 2023 | Nov 2022 | granted Apr 2023 | Nov 2023 | Renfrewshire | 8.6 |
| Laigh Park Water Treatment Worksbattery storage | battery storage | 49.5 | application submittedupdated Oct 2025 | Sep 2025 | — | Oct 2025 | Renfrewshire | 8.8 |
| Land off Shilton Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 19 | abandonedupdated Nov 2019 | Aug 2017 | — | Nov 2019 | Renfrewshire | 9.0 |
| East Fulwood Energy Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 400 | application submittedupdated Jun 2026 | Jan 2026 | — | Jun 2026 | Renfrewshire | 9.7 |
| East Fulwood Greenock Road Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 14.3 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Aug 2025 | Aug 2022 | granted Jan 2023 | Aug 2025 | Renfrewshire | 9.7 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (24)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allerdyce Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | application withdrawnupdated Jun 2025 | Dec 2023 | — | Jun 2025 | Glasgow City | 3.1 |
| Glasgow High School, Crow Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Aug 2025 | May 2025 | granted Jul 2025 | Aug 2025 | Glasgow City | 3.6 |
| Mugdock Water Treatment Worksrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.8 | operationalupdated Jul 2025 | Mar 2024 | granted May 2024 | Jul 2025 | East Dunbartonshire | 4.4 |
| Shipyardrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jun 2023 | Apr 2023 | granted Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 | Glasgow City | 4.8 |
| Balmore Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated May 2023 | May 2023 | granted Jul 2023 | May 2023 | Glasgow City | 5.4 |
| Decathlon, Old Govan Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2024 | Dec 2023 | granted Mar 2024 | Apr 2024 | Renfrewshire | 5.7 |
| Argyle Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2025 | Feb 2025 | granted Mar 2025 | Apr 2025 | Glasgow City | 6.1 |
| Kelvin Hall Sports Arena, Argyle Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | approved, not builtupdated Aug 2024 | Jun 2024 | granted Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 | Glasgow City | 6.1 |
| Shipyard, Govan Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.8 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024 | Mar 2024 | granted Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 | Glasgow City | 6.2 |
| Garscube Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jun 2023 | May 2023 | granted Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 | Glasgow City | 6.9 |
| Morrison Bowmore Distillery, Carlisle Street Solar solar PV Systemrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2023 | Sep 2023 | granted Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 | Glasgow City | 6.9 |
| Helen Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2023 | Jul 2023 | granted Oct 2023 | Nov 2023 | Glasgow City | 7.0 |
| Fifty Pitches Placerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2023 | Aug 2023 | granted Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 | Glasgow City | 7.1 |
| Old Kilpatrick Service Reservoir, Mount Pleasant Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 | granted Oct 2023 | Mar 2023 | West Dunbartonshire | 7.5 |
| Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026 | Oct 2025 | granted Jan 2026 | Mar 2026 | Glasgow City | 7.8 |
| Bray Controls UK, Fountain Crescentrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Aug 2024 | Jul 2024 | — | Aug 2024 | Renfrewshire | 8.3 |
| The Curran Building, St James Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.1 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Dec 2022 | Aug 2022 | granted Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | Glasgow City | 8.4 |
| Cartside Avenue, Inchinnanrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Mar 2023 | Oct 2022 | granted Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Renfrewshire | 8.6 |
| Glasgow Airport Solar Farmbattery storage | battery storage | — | under constructionupdated May 2024 | Nov 2022 | granted Apr 2023 | May 2024 | Renfrewshire | 8.6 |
| Sheriff Court Of Glasgow, Carlton Placerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated May 2025 | Feb 2025 | granted Apr 2025 | May 2025 | Glasgow City | 8.8 |
| Lightyear Building, Marchburn Drive - Block A - Solar Panelsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | application submittedupdated Mar 2026 | Jan 2026 | — | Mar 2026 | Renfrewshire | 8.9 |
| Duke Street Solar Panelsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Mar 2021 | Feb 2021 | granted Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 | Glasgow City | 8.9 |
| Cpi Medicines Manufacturing Centre, Netherton Squarerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2024 | Jul 2023 | granted Jan 2024 | Mar 2024 | Renfrewshire | 9.6 |
| Hutchesons Grammar Schoolrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | operationalupdated May 2023 | Mar 2020 | granted Jun 2020 | May 2023 | Glasgow City | 9.7 |
Distance from the average position of the G61 postcodes, not from your home. Projects of 5 MW and more have their own page with dates and planning history.
By type
| Type | All | Pending | Approved | Operational | Refused | MW in pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar farm | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Rooftop solar | 22 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6.2 |
| Wind farm | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Battery storage | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1,629 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How East Dunbartonshire decides solar, wind and battery applications
East Dunbartonshire has 1 decided solar, wind or battery application 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.
All projects in East Dunbartonshire
Is the status up to date?
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. Near G61, 11 projects have a status that may be out of date (pending for over two years, or approved with a permission expiry date already passed). Check the council's planning register for the latest decision.