Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Keepers House, Byrecleugh - Battery Energy Storage
Keepers House, Byrecleugh - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 49.5 MW of capacity, operated by Sunlaws Development Company Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scottish Borders (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North West Of Keepers House Byrecleugh Longformacus, TD11 3PF | 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 | 8 Dec 2025 (permit 25/00374/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Scottish Borders) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Apr 2025 (reference 25/00374/FUL, planning authority Scottish Borders) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Dec 2025 (granted, reference 25/00374/FUL, planning authority Scottish Borders) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sunlaws Development Company Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.5 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 | 55.8250, -2.6618 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Borders, reference 25/00374/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Borders, reference 25/00374/FUL)
How it compares
Keepers House, Byrecleugh - Battery Energy Storage is the 368th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,046th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.5 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 368th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,046th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,145th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 38 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.