Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Balsillie Avenue - Roaring Hill Energy Storage Facility
Balsillie Avenue - Roaring Hill Energy Storage Facility is a power plant under construction in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 19.9 MW of capacity, operated by Tag Energy UK.
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 | E/O Balsillie Avenue, The S/O The Limekilns, Glenrothes, KY12 7DR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 3 Sept 2021 (permit 21/01438/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 | 25 May 2021 (reference 21/01438/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Sept 2021 (granted, reference 21/01438/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tag Energy UK | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19.9 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 | 56.2090, -3.2005 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Balsillie Avenue - Roaring Hill Energy Storage Facility is the 618th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,998th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19.9 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 | 618th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,998th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,039th of 6,455 | 664,240 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 | 9.9 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 32 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.