Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Blackhillock Electricity Substation - Battery Energy Storage System
Blackhillock Electricity Substation - Battery Energy Storage System is a power plant under construction in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 300 MW of capacity, operated by Zenobe Energy.
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 | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 400m SE/O Blackhillock Electricity Substation, Keith, AB55 5NY | 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 | 28 Feb 2022 (permit ECU00003404, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Dec 2021 (reference ECU00003404, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Feb 2022 (granted, reference ECU00003404, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Zenobe Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 300 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 | 57.5202, -2.9445 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00003404)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00003404)
How it compares
Blackhillock Electricity Substation - Battery Energy Storage System is the 65th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 220th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 300 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 65th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.3% |
| United Kingdom | 220th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 483rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 102 grid connections (46 operating, 525 MW) and 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackmuir 2 BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 49.5 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Blackmuir BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 49.5 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Riverside Bungalow Farm BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Keith Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Keith 2 GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Keith 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.