Power plant · West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Learielaw Farm, Learielaw - Battery Energy Storage
Learielaw Farm, Learielaw - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Intelligent Land Investments Group.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | West Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Learielaw Farm, Learielaw, Broxburn, EH52 5PG | 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 | 19 May 2025 (permit ECU00004983, 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 | 20 Nov 2023 (reference ECU00004983, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 May 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004983, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Intelligent Land Investments Group (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 | 55.9270, -3.4556 | 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 ECU00004983)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004983)
How it compares
Learielaw Farm, Learielaw - Battery Energy Storage is the 136th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 401st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 136th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 401st of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,267th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 30 grid connections (9 operating, 121 MW), 11 data centers and 10 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 9.9 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 38 km |
| Lochebank Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.45 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 41 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 43 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.