Power plant · Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunmill, Substation Dun - Battery Energy Storage
Dunmill, Substation Dun - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Energy Systems 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 | Angus (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 300m Ne/O Bridge Of Dun, Substation Dun, Montrose, DD10 9LH | 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 | 14 Aug 2024 (permit 24/00038/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Jan 2024 (ref. 24/00038/FULM, Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Aug 2024 (granted, ref. 24/00038/FULM, Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Energy Systems 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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.7220, -2.5533 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Know more about this power plant, or want an introduction to its operator? Ask us.
How it compares
Dunmill, Substation Dun - Battery Energy Storage 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 300,661 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 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 90 grid connections (29 operating, 383 MW) and 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balwyllo Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Dunmill Energy Storage Scheme grid connection | Grid connection | 76.2 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Bridge of Dun GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Bridge of Dun Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Southesk Estate Solar Farm - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.99 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Montrose North Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
Operator and place
More from Renewable Energy Systems Limited
- South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage99.9 MW · permitted
- Coombe Farm8 MW
- Cliff Hill Energy Farm grid connection800 MW
- Cairn Duhie Wind Farm grid connection104 MW
- Dunmill Energy Storage Scheme grid connection76.2 MW
- Holmston Farm (Previously Broomfield Lodge) grid connection66 MW
- Holmston Farm (Previously Broomfield Lodge) grid connection66 MW
- Corshellach BESS grid connection62.5 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.