Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
North Lanrigg Energy Storage
North Lanrigg Energy Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by North Lanrigg Battery Storage Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Carlisle Roadm Motherwell, ML1 5SU | 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 | 24 Jul 2025 (permit ECU00005166, 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 | 16 Jul 2024 (reference ECU00005166, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jul 2025 (granted, reference ECU00005166, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | North Lanrigg Battery Storage Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 200 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 | 55.8360, -3.9142 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005166)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005166)
How it compares
North Lanrigg Energy Storage is the 76th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 269th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 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 | 76th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.21% |
| United Kingdom | 269th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 745th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 13 grid connections (5 operating, 37.4 MW), 12 data centers and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| Kepculloch Primary | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
Operator and place
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- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
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