Power plant · Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glenside Farm - Battery Storage
Glenside Farm - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 400 MW of capacity, operated by Apatura.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Stirling (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Glenside Farm, Plean, FK7 8BA | 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 | 25 Feb 2025 (permit ECU00005047, 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 | 9 Feb 2024 (reference ECU00005047, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Feb 2025 (granted, reference ECU00005047, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Apatura | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 400 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 | 56.0530, -3.8778 | 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 ECU00005047)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005047)
How it compares
Glenside Farm - Battery Storage is the 48th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 157th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 400 MW is 0.13% 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 | 48th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.4% |
| United Kingdom | 157th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.13% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 351st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 43 grid connections (18 operating, 212 MW), 30 substations and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Braco West GSP | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
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- 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
- 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.
- © 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.