Power plant · East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Holmquarry Road - Battery Storage
Holmquarry Road - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 60.4 MW of capacity, operated by Big Battery Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Ayrshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Holmquarry Road, KA1 4DA | 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 | 22 Jul 2025 (permit ECU00004539, 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 | 7 Mar 2024 (reference ECU00004539, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Jul 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004539, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Big Battery Limited (Big Battery (Holmquarry Road) Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60.4 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 | 55.5997, -4.4991 | 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 ECU00004539)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004539)
How it compares
Holmquarry Road - Battery Storage is the 250th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 670th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 60.4 MW is <0.1% 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 | 250th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 670th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,659th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 substations, 5 data centers and 4 grid connections (2 operating, 4.05 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 32 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Bruchag Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Whiting Bay Primary | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Glenkiln Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 42 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 44 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.
- 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.