Power plant · Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom
Land adjacent Bonnybridge Substation
Land adjacent Bonnybridge Substation is a cancelled battery storage plant in Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 19.9 MW of capacity, operated by Reliable Generation.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Falkirk (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land To The North Of Scottish Power Falkirk Road Bonnybridge, FK4 1BA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Mar 2017 (reference P/17/0109/FUL, planning authority Falkirk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Reliable Generation (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 | 56.0111, -3.8541 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Falkirk, reference P/17/0109/FUL)
How it compares
Land adjacent Bonnybridge Substation is the 533rd-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 1,595th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19.9 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 533rd of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,595th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,927th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 36 grid connections (16 operating, 160 MW), 23 substations and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 18 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 23 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
Operator and place
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- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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