Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Duniface Gas Peaking Plant - Battery Energy Storage System
Duniface Gas Peaking Plant - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Forsa Energy Gas Holdings Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Fife (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Duniface Gas Peaking Plant, Duniface Farm, Leven, KY8 5RH | 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 | 26 Sept 2024 (permit 24/00713/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 May 2024 (reference 24/00713/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Sept 2024 (granted, reference 24/00713/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Forsa Energy Gas Holdings Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 56.1999, -3.0422 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Fife, reference 24/00713/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 24/00713/FULL)
How it compares
Duniface Gas Peaking Plant - Battery Energy Storage System is the 320th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 320th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 72 grid connections (21 operating, 367 MW), 54 substations and 9 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 18 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 22 km |
| Binn Ecopar grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 22 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 34 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.
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