Power plant · Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, United Kingdom
Battery Point, Newton Street - Battery Energy Storage Park
Battery Point, Newton Street - Battery Energy Storage Park is a permitted battery storage plant in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Point & Sandwick Trust.
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 | Na h-Eileanan Siar (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Battery Point Energy Storage Park Newton Street Stornoway, HS1 2RE | 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 | 6 Dec 2024 (permit 24/00155/PPDM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Na h-Eileanan Siar) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Apr 2024 (reference 24/00155/PPDM, planning authority Na h-Eileanan Siar) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Dec 2024 (granted, reference 24/00155/PPDM, planning authority Na h-Eileanan Siar) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Point & Sandwick Trust (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 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 | 58.2058, -6.3730 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Na h-Eileanan Siar, reference 24/00155/PPDM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Na h-Eileanan Siar, reference 24/00155/PPDM)
How it compares
Battery Point, Newton Street - Battery Energy Storage Park is the 486th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,465th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 486th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,465th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,118th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 22 grid connections (15 operating, 57.8 MW) and 11 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stornoway PS G1 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.94 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Stornoway PS G1 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.94 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Stornoway PS G3 grid connection | Grid connection | 4.37 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Battery Point Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Stornoway GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Coll Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.8 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.