Commercial solar installers in Fraserburgh

Key facts

Where businesses are in Fraserburgh

• Fraserburgh Harbour Industrial Estate: Industrial estate on South Harbour Road beside the harbour. In August 2026 Aberdeenshire Council put the former Iceberg fish processing factory there, 1,261 sq m on a 0.42 hectare site, on the market.
• West Shore Road (West Shore Industrial Estate and Fairney Business Park): Industrial area a short distance from the town centre and harbour. A 1.18 hectare serviced site at Fairney Business Park was offered to let for industrial development or storage, and in September 2025 Aberdeenshire Council agreed to sell factory premises it owned on the West Shore Industrial Estate to their tenant.

Large employers and sectors with sites here include:

• Fishing and seafood: Aberdeenshire Council describes Fraserburgh as the largest shellfish port in Scotland; it landed 15,506 tonnes of pelagic species and shellfish in 2024. In December 2025 it had the second highest value of fish landings in Scotland, just under £2 million.
• Vehicle manufacturing (Gray and Adams): Gray and Adams, which makes specialist temperature controlled vehicles, has its head office and main production facility in Fraserburgh.
• Offshore wind (Moray East): Ocean Winds opened the operations and maintenance base for the 950 MW Moray East wind farm at Fraserburgh Harbour in October 2021, saying it would directly employ about 100 local people.

Large, simple roofs on distribution sheds and modern industrial units are usually the quickest and cheapest to fit. Older mill, factory and workshop buildings can work well too, but often need a structural survey first, and roofs from before 2000 may contain asbestos cement: see asbestos roofs.

Grid connection

Fraserburgh is served by SSEN Distribution (Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution, North of Scotland licence area). Almost every commercial system needs G99 approval from the network operator before it is switched on, and the question is usually how much the local network can take back. Where export is limited, a G100 export limitation scheme can let a larger array connect. See G99 and DNO applications.

Planning in Fraserburgh

Planning in Fraserburgh is decided by Aberdeenshire council under Scotland's own system. Non-domestic rooftop solar is often permitted development under the Scottish rules, but not on listed buildings, in National Scenic Areas or within 3 km of an aerodrome.

Points that come up locally:

• Aberdeenshire Council's Fraserburgh town centre conservation area appraisal covers the historic core around Shore Street, Duke Lane, Kirk Brae and High Street, which runs west to the Broadsea conservation area designated in 1975, so check whether a building is inside either before planning roof panels.
• Scotland's June 2024 permitted development changes removed the 50kW cap for rooftop solar on non-domestic buildings and allow flat roof systems up to 1m above the roof; listed buildings and World Heritage Sites are the exceptions, and in conservation areas panels can be permitted development only if they are not on primary elevations or facing roads.

Our guides on listed buildings and conservation areas explain what these mean for a solar project.

What a business roof in Fraserburgh could generate

Modelled with PVGIS for the town centre, a south-facing roof at 30 degrees produces about 905 kWh per kWp a year.

Illustrative, not a quote: the same sums as our commercial solar calculator. A company paying corporation tax can usually shorten the payback with capital allowances.

Funding and support

• Business Energy Scotland SME Loan: Interest-free loans of £1,000 to £130,000. Cashback of 75% of eligible costs, up to £20,000 for energy efficiency measures and up to £10,000 for heat pumps, biomass boilers and solar thermal, with a maximum of £30,000 per business. Applications are processed on a rolling basis all year round, subject to loan funds. The page says the scheme is not accepting new applications for solar PV projects. Check the scheme's own page for eligibility and closing dates.

National reliefs apply too: see grants and reliefs in Scotland.

Solar across Aberdeenshire

At the end of 2025, Aberdeenshire had 18,795 solar PV installations with 90.5 MW of capacity, up 123% since 2020, according to government figures. The Aberdeenshire page has the full local figures and how they compare.

Nearby towns

• Peterhead, about 16 miles away
• Elgin, about 48 miles away
• Forres, about 60 miles away
• Wick, about 65 miles away

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org: Fraserburgh
• citypopulation.de: S52000263 fraserburgh
• aberdeenshire.gov.uk: aberdeenshire settlements population 2022
• aberdeenshire.gov.uk: former iceberg site particulars august 26 3
• aberdeenshire.gov.uk: fraserburgh fairney business park draft
• opencouncil.network
• fishfocus.co.uk: fish landings in scotland in december 2025
• fishfocus.co.uk: fish landings in scotland in july 2025
• oceanwinds.com: cab sec michael matheson msp cuts ribbon on
• gov.uk: maps of forth green freeport tax sites
• gov.uk: maps of inverness and cromarty firth green freeport
• gov.uk: maps of glasgow city region investment zone tax
• gov.uk: maps of north east scotland investment zone tax
• publications.aberdeenshire.gov.uk: conservation areas
• aberdeenshirestorage.blob.core.windows.net: fraserburghtowncentre
• solarpowerportal.co.uk: scotland removes planning permission requirement for rooftop solar
• businessenergyscotland.org: sme loan
• Yield: PVGIS 5.3 (European Commission Joint Research Centre), SARAH3 data, 14% system losses, for the town centre, modelled 4 November 2026.
• Council area figures: DESNZ, renewable electricity by local authority 2014 to 2025.