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Kirknewton’s first exhibition takes place
18 June 2025
BLC Energy recently held the first public exhibition for Kirknewton Solar and BESS farm at Kirknewton Village Hall, West Lothian.
The event on Thursday 12 June attracted over 40 local people, and more attended an interactive online presentation on the following Monday.
Exhibition boards provided a summary of the current proposal, and attendees were encouraged to provide feedback by Tuesday 1 July.
Kirknewton Solar Farm and BESS will comprise around 40MW of solar energy and 9MW of battery storage. The project will connect to the grid at Currie substation.
Neil Lindsay, managing director of BLC Energy, said: “The feedback from local people was very positive.
“We were able to gain some local knowledge that will help us develop the design of the solar farm and BESS in the coming months.
“I’d like to thank everyone who attended, and we hope to see them again later this year.”
BLC Energy will hold a second public exhibition in autumn 2025 and plans to submit a planning application by early 2026.
A link to the online presentation given on Monday 16 June can be found here[1] . Materials from the Kirknewton exhibition can be found on the project page. [2]
BLC Team, left to right, Sophia Cockell, Jo Kerr, Carolyn Davie and Andrew Ramand
