Power plant · Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Clachaig Glen Battery Storage
Clachaig Glen Battery Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by RWE UK.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Argyll and Bute (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Kintyre Peninsula, approximately 20km north of Campbeltown and 1.8km north east of Muasdale | 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 | 5 Nov 2024 (permit ECU00002103, 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 | 17 Mar 2022 (reference ECU00002103, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Nov 2024 (granted, reference ECU00002103, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RWE UK (applicant) | 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 (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.6203, -5.6237 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00002103)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00002103)
How it compares
Clachaig Glen is the 445th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,320th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 445th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,320th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,749th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 28 grid connections (14 operating, 120 MW) and 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clachaig Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 52.8 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Clachaig Glen Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Clachaig Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 52.8 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Ballure Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Carradale 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Carradale 2 GSP | Substation | — | — | 8.3 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from RWE UK
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
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