Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ballingall Farm, Leslie - Battery Energy Storage System
Ballingall Farm, Leslie - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 43 MW of capacity, operated by EcoDev Group 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 | Fife (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ballingall Farm, Leslie, Glenrothes, KY6 3HD | 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 | 14 Sept 2023 (permit 23/00971/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 May 2023 (reference 23/00971/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Sept 2023 (granted, reference 23/00971/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EcoDev Group Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 43 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 | 56.2147, -3.2086 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Fife, reference 23/00971/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 23/00971/FULL)
How it compares
Ballingall Farm, Leslie - Battery Energy Storage System is the 435th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,315th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 43 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 435th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,315th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,478th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 69 grid connections (21 operating, 370 MW), 52 substations and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 9.1 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 32 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.