Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Blackpark Energy Storage
Blackpark Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Shires Hamilton.
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 | Black Park Farm, Nairn, IV12 5HY | 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 | 15 Dec 2020 (permit 20/02589/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Jul 2020 (ref. 20/02589/FUL, Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Dec 2020 (granted, ref. 20/02589/FUL, Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shires Hamilton | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.5726, -3.8427 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Blackpark Energy Storage is the 501st-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,569th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 501st of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,569th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,981st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 66 substations and 47 grid connections (19 operating, 526 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairn GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Newton of Park BESS 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Nairn Central Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Blackpark Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Nairn BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 29.4 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Lethen Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.