Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Loanhead Farm - Battery Energy Storage System
Loanhead Farm - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned battery storage plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Opde UK Limted.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Loanhead Farm, Elgin, IV30 8XJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 May 2025 (reference 25/00469/APP, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Opde UK Limted (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 57.6671, -3.3726 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Moray, reference 25/00469/APP)
How it compares
Loanhead Farm - Battery Energy Storage System is the 299th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 801st-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 299th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 801st of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,881st of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 61 grid connections (23 operating, 419 MW) and 45 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loanhead Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Elgin BESS Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 105 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Westfield Solar & Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Elgin GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Elgin Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Cumming Street Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.