Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kinmuck Battery Energy Storage
Kinmuck Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 105 MW of capacity, operated by Island Green Power and Kinmuck Energy Storage Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Kinmuck Farm, Ellon, AB41 8DB | 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 May 2025 (permit ECU00004907, 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 | 13 Sept 2023 (reference ECU00004907, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 May 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004907, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Island Green Power (Kinmuck Energy Storage Limited / Island Green Power) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Kinmuck Energy Storage Limited (Kinmuck Energy Storage Limited / Island Green Power) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 105 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 | 57.4177, -2.0043 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004907)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004907)
How it compares
Kinmuck Battery Energy Storage is the 139th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 417th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 105 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 | 139th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 417th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,245th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 115 grid connections (54 operating, 343 MW), 70 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Ardgrain Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Hatton Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Ellon Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.6 km |
| Stoneyhill Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Wind 2.28 MW grid connection at Mintlaw | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 9.3 km |
| Stoneyhill Farm 49.9MW grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 9.6 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Operators and place
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- Lime Down - Solar Project500 MW · planned
- Lime Down - Battery Storage500 MW · planned
- East Pye Solar Farm500 MW · planned
- Abbotshaugh Battery Storage500 MW · planned
- The Droves Solar Farm500 MW · planned
Other power plants in Scotland
- 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.
- 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.