Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Eccles II Substation - Battery Energy Storage System
Eccles II Substation - Battery Energy Storage System is a battery storage plant under construction in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by Matrix Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scottish Borders (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | W/O Eccles Substation, approximately 2.3 km S/O Leitholm, TD12 4JA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Dec 2024 (permit ECU00004804, 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 | 2 May 2023 (reference ECU00004804, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Dec 2024 (granted, reference ECU00004804, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Matrix Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 500 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 | 55.6735, -2.3233 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004804)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004804)
How it compares
Eccles II Substation - Battery Energy Storage System is the 34th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 106th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 500 MW is 0.18% 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 | 34th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.54% |
| United Kingdom | 106th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.18% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 257th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 grid connections (3 operating, 77.5 MW), 1 data center and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Gas 2.8 MW grid connection at Denwick | Grid connection | 2.8 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Solar 2.845 MW grid connection at Denwick | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 34 km |
| Wind 20.5 MW grid connection at Wandylaw Windfarm | Grid connection | 20.5 MW | Operating | 39 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
| Denwick | Substation | — | — | 49 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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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