Power plant · Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom
Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage
Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage is a battery storage plant under construction in Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 43 MW of capacity, operated by Falkirk Power Limited.
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 | The South East Of Merchiston Industrial Estate Smith Street, FK2 7PD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 23 Jun 2023 (permit P/23/0046/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Falkirk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Feb 2023 (reference P/23/0046/FUL, planning authority Falkirk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jun 2023 (granted, reference P/23/0046/FUL, planning authority Falkirk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Falkirk Power Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 43 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 | 56.0152, -3.7796 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Falkirk, reference P/23/0046/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Falkirk, reference P/23/0046/FUL)
How it compares
Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage is the 393rd-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,114th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 43 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 | 393rd of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,114th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,294th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 43 grid connections (18 operating, 212 MW), 27 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 | 23 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 24 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 110 MW | Planned | 25 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
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- Longannet2,260 MW
- 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. 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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