Proposal for a Solar farm and energy system
Ampyr Solar Europe is developing proposals for a solar farm, situated near Threemiletown in West Lothian. Part of the site was formerly a shale mine, but it is now gently undulating agricultural land, bound by woodland and the B9080 road. Its development as a solar farm will be a major step towards a sustainable future for West Lothian.
We first held a consultation event on the proposal in November 2022. Since then and following further community feedback in early 2023, the boundary of the development has been amended to create a larger buffer zone between Canal Court and the proposed solar farm. This has triggered a new Proposal of Application Notice (PAN), which was submitted to West Lothian Council in early July 2023. We held a public consultation event on 17 August at Ecclesmachan Village Hall and we are holding our next one on
- Tuesday 12th September 2023 from 2pm to 7:30pm.
Please click here to view the latest community consultation information boards, September 2023.
Planning preparation work is ongoing and submission of a planning application is not expected before October 2023.
The project will be able to supply the electricity needs of 9,400 homes per year
The clean energy generated will save on average 15,400 tonnes of carbon per year
AMPYR is exploring supplying cheap power to major local power users
Biodiversity is a key aspect of detailed project design
