Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Geiselittle Farm - Battery Energy Storage
Geiselittle Farm - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Whirlwind Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 530m S/O Geiselittle Farm, KW14 8YH | 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 | 20 Aug 2025 (permit 24/03500/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Aug 2024 (ref. 24/03500/FUL, Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Aug 2025 (granted, ref. 24/03500/FUL, Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Whirlwind Renewables | 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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 58.5714, -3.5032 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Geiselittle Farm - Battery Energy Storage is the 320th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 320th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 50 grid connections (22 operating, 290 MW) and 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Geislittle / Weydale grid connection | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Thurso South GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Geise Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Mount Pleasant Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Buckies Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Ormlie Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
Operator and place
More from Whirlwind Renewables
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- Caulternich Croft Energy Storage Project - Battery Storage Facility49.9 MW
- Whitehills Energy Storage Facility49.9 MW · under construction
- Bonwick17 MW
- Sewstern Lane Wind Farm15 MW
- Achlachan Wind Farm10 MW
- Achlachan Wind Farm 2, Watten - Wind Farm8.52 MW · permitted
- Achlachan Wind Farm - Phase 26.9 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.