Power plant · West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Drumcross Battery Storage
Drumcross Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Muirhall Energy.
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 | West Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land West Of Mossbank Cottages Drumcross Bathgate, EH54 6WF | 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 | 12 Jun 2018 (permit 0114/FUL/18, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Feb 2018 (reference 0114/FUL/18, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Jun 2018 (granted, reference 0114/FUL/18, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Muirhall Energy | 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 (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8897, -3.5132 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0114/FUL/18)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0114/FUL/18)
How it compares
Drumcross Battery Storage is the 501st-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,569th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 501st of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,569th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,981st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 19 grid connections (6 operating, 60 MW), 14 data centers and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 42 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 43 km |
| Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 110 MW | Planned | 43 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
Operator and place
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- Moray East950 MW
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- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
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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.