Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Auchteraw Energy Storage

Auchteraw Energy Storage is a cancelled power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Shires Hamilton.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Highland (coordinates), Scotland	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Land 280M Se Of Torrdhuin, Auchterawe, Fort Augustus, Highlands, PH32 4BT	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Cancelled (planning application withdrawn)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	6 Dec 2019 (reference 19/05385/FUL, planning authority Highland)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	29 Jun 2020 (withdrawn, reference 19/05385/FUL, planning authority Highland)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Shires Hamilton	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	20 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	57.1314, -4.7290	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Auchteraw Energy Storage is the 433rd-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 1,079th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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	433rd of 1,196	34,589 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	1,079th of 5,050	115,642 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	3,907th of 12,008	1,173,302 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 39 substations and 34 grid connections (26 operating, 276 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Fort Augustus GSP	Substation	—	—	0.9 km
Auchteraw Farm grid connection	Grid connection	47.4 MW	Operating	1.2 km
Bunoich Primary	Substation	—	—	3.3 km
Aberchalder Primary	Substation	—	—	4.4 km
Glen Buck Hydro grid connection	Grid connection	1.94 MW	Operating	4.4 km
Chrathaich Wind Farm grid connection	Grid connection	62.4 MW	Planned	6.7 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.