Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fife Tractors, Drum Road - Battery Energy Storage
Fife Tractors, Drum Road - Battery Energy Storage is a cancelled power plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.5 MW of capacity, operated by Downing Renewable Developments Llp.
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 | Fife (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 200m To The W/O Fife Tractors Limited, Drum Road, Cupar, KY15 5RW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Jun 2024 (reference 24/01082/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Oct 2025 (refused, reference 24/01082/FULL, planning authority Fife) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Downing Renewable Developments Llp | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12.5 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 | 56.3162, -3.0347 | 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.
- Permit refused (planning authority Fife, reference 24/01082/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fife, reference 24/01082/FULL)
How it compares
Fife Tractors, Drum Road - Battery Energy Storage is the 568th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 1,585th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 568th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,585th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,002nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 89 grid connections (26 operating, 392 MW), 60 substations and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside Battery Storage Park grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Errol Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| The James Hutton Institute grid connection | Grid connection | 1.76 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 46 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.