Power plant · South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Coalburn II Energy Storage Facility - Battery Storage Facility

Coalburn II Energy Storage Facility - Battery Storage Facility is a battery storage plant under construction in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1,000 MW of capacity, operated by Alcemi Storage Development Limited.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationSouth Lanarkshire (coordinates), ScotlandDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
AddressBroken Cross Open Cast Mine Tower Road Douglas Lanark, ML11 9PBDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusUnder constructionDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date24 Jan 2024 (permit ECU00004698, 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 date6 Dec 2022 (reference ECU00004698, planning authority Scottish Government (S36))DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date24 Jan 2024 (granted, reference ECU00004698, planning authority Scottish Government (S36))DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorAlcemi Storage Development LimitedDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity1,000 MWDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyBattery (stand-alone storage)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates55.6103, -3.8182DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

  1. Construction started
  2. Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004698)
  3. Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004698)

How it compares

Coalburn II Energy Storage Facility - Battery Storage Facility is the 19th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 51st-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,000 MW is 0.36% 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
Scotland19th of 74293,216 MW1.1%
United Kingdom51st of 2,549279,978 MW0.36%
All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data77th of 5,782643,557 MW0.16%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 12 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Asanti HamiltonData center——26 km
DataVita DV1Data center——26 km
Sungard Availability ServicesData center——36 km

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