Power plant · East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmarnock Battery Energy Storage System
Kilmarnock Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted battery storage plant in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by Matrix Renewables.
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 | 250 metres (m) to the north of the existing Kilmarnock South Substation, KA1 5JW | 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 | 7 Apr 2025 (permit ECU00004941, 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 | 28 Sept 2023 (reference ECU00004941, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Apr 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004941, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Matrix Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 500 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 | 55.5735, -4.4355 | 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 ECU00004941)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004941)
How it compares
Kilmarnock Battery Energy Storage System is the 34th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 106th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 500 MW is 0.18% 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 | 34th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.54% |
| United Kingdom | 106th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.18% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 257th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Bruchag Primary | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
| Whiting Bay Primary | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Glenkiln Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 45 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 47 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.
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