Power plant · East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dolphingstone Farm - Battery Energy Storage System
Dolphingstone Farm - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 63 MW of capacity, operated by Brockwell Storage & Solar Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Dolphingstone Farm, Tranent, EH33 1NH | 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 | 4 Jul 2025 (permit ECU00004969, 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 | 11 Nov 2023 (reference ECU00004969, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Jul 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004969, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Brockwell Storage & Solar Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 63 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 | 55.9460, -2.9877 | 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 ECU00004969)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004969)
How it compares
Dolphingstone Farm - Battery Energy Storage System is the 244th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 662nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 63 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 | 244th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 662nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,633rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 18 grid connections (6 operating, 87 MW), 9 data centers and 4 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 42 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 45 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 46 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 48 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 48 km |
Operator 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.