Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dounreay, Thurso - Battery Energy Storage
Dounreay, Thurso - Battery Energy Storage is a battery storage plant under construction in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 34 MW of capacity, operated by Ylem Energy Limited.
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 | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 590m Ne/O Isauld Cottage, Reay, Thurso, KW14 7RW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 31 Jan 2025 (permit 24/01669/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 | 20 May 2024 (reference 24/01669/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Jan 2025 (granted, reference 24/01669/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ylem Energy Limited (Ylem Energy Limited (Reay Power)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 34 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 | 58.5700, -3.7480 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Highland, reference 24/01669/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Highland, reference 24/01669/FUL)
How it compares
Dounreay, Thurso - Battery Energy Storage is the 435th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,287th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 34 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 | 435th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,287th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,633rd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 48 grid connections (21 operating, 284 MW) and 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dounreay GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Dounreay BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 36 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Forss 2 Windfarm HV grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Forss Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Crosskirk Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 5.4 km |
| Melvich Primary | Substation | — | — | 10.0 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
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