Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bishops Dal - Battery Energy Storage System
Bishops Dal - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 150 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Energy Systems RES ltd.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scottish Borders (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Eccles Substation, Coldstream, TD12 4LU | 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 | 5 Mar 2025 (reference ECU00005049, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Energy Systems RES ltd (Renewable Energy Systems RES Limited (Beaufort), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 150 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 | 55.6676, -2.3053 | 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 ECU00005049)
How it compares
Bishops Dal - Battery Energy Storage System is the 97th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 335th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 150 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 | 97th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.16% |
| United Kingdom | 335th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 984th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 grid connections (3 operating, 77.5 MW), 1 substation and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Gas 2.8 MW grid connection at Denwick | Grid connection | 2.8 MW | Planned | 32 km |
| Solar 2.845 MW grid connection at Denwick | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| Wind 20.5 MW grid connection at Wandylaw Windfarm | Grid connection | 20.5 MW | Operating | 38 km |
| Denwick | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Operator and place
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- Braston New Energy500 MW
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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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.