Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Beinneun II Windfarm
Beinneun II Windfarm is a planned battery storage plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 160 MW of capacity, operated by Beinneun 2 Ltd.
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 | 5 (km) northwest of Invergarry, PH35 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Oct 2025 (reference ECU00004972, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Beinneun 2 Ltd (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 160 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.1026, -4.9128 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004972)
How it compares
Beinneun II Windfarm is the 96th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 333rd-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 160 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 96th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.17% |
| United Kingdom | 333rd of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 959th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 35 grid connections (28 operating, 242 MW) and 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allt Ladaidh Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 1.28 MW | Operating | 5.3 km |
| Glen Laogh Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Ceannacroc GSP | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Invergarry Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Hydro 20 MW grid connection at Ceannacroc | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 8.5 km |
| Bunloinn Wind Farm and BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 71.6 MW | Planned | 8.5 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.