Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunballoch Farm, Dunballoch - Battery Energy Storage
Dunballoch Farm, Dunballoch - Battery Energy Storage is a planned power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Field Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 465m Se/O Dunballoch Farm, Dunballoch, Beauly, IV4 7AY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Dec 2024 (reference ECU00005160, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Field Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 | 57.4708, -4.4581 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005160)
How it compares
Dunballoch Farm, Dunballoch - Battery Energy Storage is the 146th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 426th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 146th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 426th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,276th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 58 substations and 54 grid connections (27 operating, 406 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovat Estate BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Beauly GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Muir of Ord Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Kiltarlity Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| 56.8MW - Loch NAN Cuille Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 56.8 MW | Planned | 5.1 km |
| Fairburn Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 9.5 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.