Power plant · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Gretna Green Battery Storage
Gretna Green Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 456 MW of capacity, operated by Gresham House Devco Pipeline.
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 | Dumfries and Galloway (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South of Gretna 400kv Substation, Gretna, DG16 5HR | 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 | 17 Mar 2025 (permit ECU00004986, 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 | 30 Apr 2024 (reference ECU00004986, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Mar 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004986, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Gresham House Devco Pipeline | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 456 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 | 55.0297, -3.0517 | 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 ECU00004986)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004986)
How it compares
Gretna Green Battery Storage is the 46th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 149th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 456 MW is 0.15% 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 | 46th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.46% |
| United Kingdom | 149th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.15% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 318th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 65 grid connections (30 operating, 373 MW), 32 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Burn Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 31.1 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Burnfoot Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 6.2 km |
| Hespin Wood Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.33 MW | Operating | 8.8 km |
| Westlinton | Substation | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Easton | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Harker / Hutton GSP | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 21 km |
Operator and place
More from Gresham House Devco Pipeline
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- Kincardine Battery Storage342 MW · permitted
- Mossmorran Battery Storage300 MW · permitted
- Midland Quarry Products, Smith Road - Battery Storage10 MW · permitted
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- 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
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.