Power plant · Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Acharn Forest - Battery Storage
Acharn Forest - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.9 MW of capacity, operated by Biomass Energy Renewables Llp.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Stirling (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Acharn Forest, Killin, Tayside, lomond, FK21 8RA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Jan 2024 (permit 2023/0372/DET, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stirling) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Nov 2023 (reference 2023/0372/DET, planning authority Stirling) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Jan 2024 (granted, reference 2023/0372/DET, planning authority Stirling) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Biomass Energy Renewables Llp | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.4492, -4.3419 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Acharn Forest - Battery Storage is the 701st-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,317th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.9 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 701st of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,317th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,409th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 47 grid connections (34 operating, 382 MW) and 44 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killin Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Killin GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Ardchyle Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Boreland Energy Storage Park grid connection | Grid connection | 48 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Morenish grid connection | Grid connection | 49.4 MW | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Glen Dochart grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 7.5 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.