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Lower Melville Wood
Lower Melville Wood is an operational 1 MW landfill gas site in Fife, generating since 28 February 2007. REPD does not record the planning grant date. Operator of record: Fife Council.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | not recorded |
| Permission granted | not recorded |
| Operational | 28 February 2007 |
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How big is Lower Melville Wood?
Lower Melville Wood has a recorded installed capacity of 1 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Lower Melville Wood?
REPD records the operator as Fife Council. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Lower Melville Wood approved and built?
REPD does not record a submission date. REPD does not record a grant date. The site became operational on 28 February 2007.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 697.
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