Power plant · Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dragonhall Farm, Padanaram - Battery Storage
Dragonhall Farm, Padanaram - Battery Storage is a battery storage plant under construction in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Ecosse Solar Parks Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Angus (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Field 275M East Of Dragonhall Farm Padanaram Forfar, DD8 | 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 |
| Application date | 12 May 2021 (reference 21/00271/FULL, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ecosse Solar Parks Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 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 | 56.6555, -2.9362 | 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 applied for (planning authority Angus, reference 21/00271/FULL)
How it compares
Dragonhall Farm, Padanaram - Battery Storage is the 601st-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,857th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 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 | 601st of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,857th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,945th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 108 grid connections (32 operating, 495 MW) and 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Hall Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Battery storage 9.999 MW grid connection at Lunanhead Grid | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Don and Low Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Lochside Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Maryton Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Lunanhead GSP | Substation | — | — | 4.3 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.