Solar, wind and battery projects near Alexandria (G83)
9 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of G83 (West Dunbartonshire): 2 are waiting for a planning decision, 3 approved but not yet running. The largest live scheme is Aggreko, Stirling Road (8.8 MW rooftop solar, application submitted on 29 August 2022, no decision recorded; REPD status may be out of date), 6.0 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of G83
Projects of 1 MW and more (5)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blairlinnans Water Treatment Plant, Stirling Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 1.3 | application withdrawnupdated Mar 2026 | Aug 2024 | — | Mar 2026 | West Dunbartonshire | 3.5 |
| Merkins Wind Farmwind farm | wind farm | 25 | refusedupdated Nov 2013 | Jan 2012 | refused Oct 2013 | Nov 2013 | West Dunbartonshire | 4.5 |
| Aggreko, Stirling Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 8.8 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Sep 2022 | Aug 2022 | — | Sep 2022 | West Dunbartonshire | 6.0 |
| Drumfad Woodbattery storage | battery storage | 29.9 | permission expiredupdated Jul 2020 | Oct 2018 | granted Mar 2021 | Jul 2020 | Argyll and Bute | 7.5 |
| Helensburgh Community Wind Farmwind farm | wind farm | 4 | application withdrawnupdated Aug 2015 | Jul 2014 | — | Aug 2015 | Argyll and Bute | 9.8 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrochan Road, Ballochrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | under constructionupdated Nov 2023 | Jun 2023 | granted Sep 2023 | Nov 2023 | West Dunbartonshire | 1.2 |
| Kilmaronock Millennium Hall Car Park - Ground Mounted Solar Arraysolar farm | solar farm | — | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026 | Nov 2025 | granted Dec 2025 | Feb 2026 | West Dunbartonshire | 5.2 |
| Helensburgh Waste Water Treatment Works, Moss Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 0.2 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 | — | Aug 2024 | Argyll and Bute | 7.8 |
| Finlaystone House, Estate Greenock Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 0.1 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024 | Apr 2024 | granted May 2024 | Jul 2024 | Inverclyde | 9.5 |
Distance from the average position of the G83 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Rooftop solar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Wind farm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Battery storage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How West Dunbartonshire decides solar, wind and battery applications
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.
All projects in West 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 G83, 2 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.