Power plant · Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Binn Eco Park - Battery
Binn Eco Park - Battery is a cancelled power plant in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Green Cat Renewables Developments.
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 | Perth and Kinross (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Binn Eco Park Wind Farm Glenfarg, PH2 9PX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 12 Jul 2021 (permit 21/00834/FLL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 May 2021 (reference 21/00834/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Jul 2021 (granted, reference 21/00834/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Cat Renewables Developments (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 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 | 56.3073, -3.3354 | 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 Perth and Kinross, reference 21/00834/FLL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 21/00834/FLL)
How it compares
Binn Eco Park - Battery is the 687th-largest of 1,326 power plants in Scotland and the 2,217th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 687th of 1,326 | 40,645 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,217th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,460th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 88 grid connections (28 operating, 407 MW), 61 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 Ecopar grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Bridge of Earn Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 42 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.