Power plant · Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System
Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System is a cancelled battery storage plant in Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 700 MW of capacity, operated by Apatura GPC 700 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Inverclyde (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Auchentiber Road, Port Glasgow, Kilmalcolm, PA13 4SP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Sept 2024 (permit ECU00004979, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Nov 2023 (reference ECU00004979, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Sept 2024 (granted, reference ECU00004979, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Apatura GPC 700 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 700 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 | 55.9077, -4.6917 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004979)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004979)
How it compares
Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System is the 8th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 58th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 700 MW is 0.35% of the 200,500 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 | 8th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | 1.5% |
| United Kingdom | 58th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.35% |
| All power plants in our data | 843rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 38 substations, 23 grid connections (14 operating, 252 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 10 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 |
| Dumfin 11kV Network | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Dunoon Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| 45MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 18 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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