Power plant · Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Giants Burn Wind Farm -Batter Energy Storage
Giants Burn Wind Farm -Batter Energy Storage is a planned power plant in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 23 MW of capacity, operated by Statkraft UK Limited.
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 | Argyll and Bute (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 2.1 Km Nw/O Dunoon & 1.5 Km Sw/O Sandbank, Dunoon, PA23 8QH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Jul 2025 (reference ECU00005007, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statkraft UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23 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 | 55.9807, -4.9340 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Giants Burn Wind Farm -Batter Energy Storage is the 568th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,821st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23 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 | 568th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,821st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,527th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 41 substations, 29 grid connections (20 operating, 279 MW) and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Dunoon GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Sandbank Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Dunoon Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Cruach Mor grid connection | Grid connection | 27.6 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Striven Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 3.71 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
Operator and place
More from Statkraft UK Limited
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- Stargoose Farm - Battery Storage312 MW · permitted
- Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park200 MW · under construction
- Spennymoor Greener Grid Park200 MW · permitted
- Rhydypandy Road, Morriston - Battery Energy Storage System100 MW · permitted
- An Carr Dubh Wind Farm85.8 MW · planned
- Carn Fearna Wind Farm84.6 MW · planned
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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.