Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Electricity Substation, Westerton Road - Battery Storage
Electricity Substation, Westerton Road - Battery Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Keith Renewables Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adjacent To Electricity Substation Westerton Road, AB55 5NR | 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 | 15 Mar 2023 (permit 22/01488/APP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Oct 2022 (reference 22/01488/APP, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Mar 2023 (granted, reference 22/01488/APP, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Keith Renewables Limited (applicant) | 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 | 57.5426, -2.9332 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Moray, reference 22/01488/APP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Moray, reference 22/01488/APP)
How it compares
Electricity Substation, Westerton Road - Battery Storage is the 299th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 800th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 278,868 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 | 299th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 800th of 2,548 | 278,868 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,897th of 5,799 | 656,876 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 101 grid connections (46 operating, 525 MW) and 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.5MW - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 49.5 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Keith 2 GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Keith 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Keith Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Keith BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 55 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Davidson Farm PV and BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 45.1 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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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- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.