Power plant · Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
East Fulwood Energy Storage
East Fulwood Energy Storage is a planned power plant in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 400 MW of capacity, operated by Lightsourcebp.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Renfrewshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Houston Road, Freeland, Erskine, PA4 9LX | 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 | 12 Jan 2026 (reference ECU00006230, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightsourcebp (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 400 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 | 55.8785, -4.4658 | 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 ECU00006230)
How it compares
East Fulwood Energy Storage is the 45th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 155th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 400 MW is 0.14% of the 279,978 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 | 45th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.43% |
| United Kingdom | 155th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | 0.14% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 349th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 25 substations, 16 grid connections (9 operating, 223 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 20 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.