Power plant · Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ardencaple Farm - Battery Storage
Ardencaple Farm - Battery Storage is a cancelled power plant in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Ylem Energy 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 | Argyll and Bute (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ardencaple Farm & Greenock, Helensburgh, G84 8JX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Mar 2024 (reference 23/02472/PP, planning authority Argyll and Bute) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Oct 2024 (refused, reference 23/02472/PP, planning authority Argyll and Bute) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ylem Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 56.0209, -4.7548 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority Argyll and Bute, reference 23/02472/PP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Argyll and Bute, reference 23/02472/PP)
How it compares
Ardencaple Farm - Battery Storage is the 158th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 352nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 158th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | 0.14% |
| United Kingdom | 352nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,855th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 44 substations, 29 grid connections (19 operating, 265 MW) and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dumfin 11kV Network | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| 45MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| Dunoon GSP | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.