Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Camilla Battery Storage
Camilla Battery Storage is a power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Eelpower Limited and NextEnergy Solar Fund.
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 | Fife (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Camilla Farm Auchtertool Kirkcaldy, KY2 5XW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2024 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 22 Oct 2022 (permit 20/01765/ARC, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Aug 2020 (reference 20/01765/ARC, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Oct 2022 (granted, reference 20/01765/ARC, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Eelpower Limited (NextEnergy Solar Fund / Eelpower Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | NextEnergy Solar Fund (NextEnergy Solar Fund / Eelpower Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 56.1104, -3.2633 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Fife, reference 20/01765/ARC)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 20/01765/ARC)
How it compares
Camilla Battery Storage is the 158th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 352nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 158th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | 0.14% |
| United Kingdom | 352nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,855th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 62 grid connections (19 operating, 355 MW), 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 21 km |
| Fragland grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 22 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
Operators 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.