Power plant · South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
East Rogerton Cottage, Markethill Road - Battery Storage Facility
East Rogerton Cottage, Markethill Road - Battery Storage Facility is a permitted battery storage plant in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 55 MW of capacity, operated by Apatura - GPC 680 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | East Rogerton Cottage, Markethill Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G74 4NU | 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 | 4 Feb 2026 (permit ECU00006245, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Sept 2025 (reference ECU00006245, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Feb 2026 (granted, reference ECU00006245, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Apatura - GPC 680 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 55 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 | 55.7872, -4.1649 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00006245)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00006245)
How it compares
East Rogerton Cottage, Markethill Road - Battery Storage Facility is the 258th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 673rd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 55 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 258th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 673rd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,726th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 substations, 8 grid connections (4 operating, 26.9 MW) and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 34 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 34 km |
| Drymen Primary | Substation | — | — | 35 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.