Power plant · South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Highflat Battery Energy Storage
Highflat Battery Energy Storage is a cancelled power plant in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 19.9 MW of capacity, operated by Highflat Energy Storage.
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 | South Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At, Cairnmuir Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G74 4GY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Apr 2018 (reference P/18/0528, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Oct 2018 (withdrawn, reference P/18/0528, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Highflat Energy Storage (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19.9 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 | 55.7930, -4.1927 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference P/18/0528)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference P/18/0528)
How it compares
Highflat Battery Energy Storage is the 526th-largest of 1,326 power plants in Scotland and the 1,494th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19.9 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 526th of 1,326 | 40,645 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,494th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,397th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 12 substations, 8 grid connections (4 operating, 26.9 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 5.9 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| Drymen Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.