Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Achies - Battery Energy Storage System
Achies - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 162 MW of capacity, operated by Sun4net Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Achies, 750m W/O the A9, Halkirk, KW12 6UW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Jun 2025 (reference ECU00006111, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sun4net Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 162 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 | 58.4722, -3.4773 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Achies - Battery Energy Storage System is the 102nd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 345th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 162 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 | 102nd of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.16% |
| United Kingdom | 345th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 970th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 49 grid connections (21 operating, 284 MW) and 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toftingall 2 BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 21 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Toftingall BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 28 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Mybster BESS Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 61.5 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Halkirk Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Mybster 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Mybster 2 GSP | Substation | — | — | 4.2 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.