Power plant · Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom
New Craigie Retail Park - Battery Energy Storage
New Craigie Retail Park - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Whirlwind Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Dundee City (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 1 New Craigie Road, New Craigie Retail Park, DD4 7RN | 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 | 22 May 2024 (permit 24/00083/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dundee City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Feb 2024 (ref. 24/00083/FULM, Dundee City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 May 2024 (granted, ref. 24/00083/FULM, Dundee City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Whirlwind Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.4776, -2.9304 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
New Craigie Retail Park - Battery Energy Storage is the 317th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 847th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 317th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 847th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,927th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 92 grid connections (26 operating, 392 MW) and 68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MID Craigie Industrial Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Milton of Craigie GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Milton of Craigie Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Old Craigie Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Midmill Gasholder Station grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Baldovie EFW Line 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.