Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Gibson Farm, Blackhillock - Battery Energy Storage System
Gibson Farm, Blackhillock - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 349 MW of capacity, operated by Noriker Power.
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 | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Gibsons Farm, Blackhillock, Keith, AB55 5DP | 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 | 3 Dec 2025 (permit ECU00005237, 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 | 27 Sept 2024 (reference ECU00005237, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Dec 2025 (granted, reference ECU00005237, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Noriker Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 349 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 | 57.5445, -2.9497 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005237)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005237)
How it compares
Gibson Farm, Blackhillock - Battery Energy Storage System is the 59th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 205th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 349 MW is 0.12% of the 300,461 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 | 59th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.35% |
| United Kingdom | 205th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.12% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 452nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 96 grid connections (45 operating, 475 MW) and 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 55 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Keith 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Keith Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Keith 2 GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| 49.5MW - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 49.5 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Riverside Bungalow Farm BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
Operator and place
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- Moray East950 MW
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- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.
- 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.