Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Old Schoolhouse, Barras - Battery Energy Storage System
Old Schoolhouse, Barras - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Green Switch Capital Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ne/O Old Schoolhouse, Barras, Stonehaven, AB39 2XU | 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 | 9 Jan 2025 (ref. APP/2024/2125, Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Switch Capital Limited | 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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.9187, -2.2737 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Old Schoolhouse, Barras - Battery Energy Storage System is the 320th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 320th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 97 grid connections (28 operating, 302 MW) and 71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Westown Farm BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Solar 4.988 MW grid connection at Fiddes | Grid connection | 4.99 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Fiddes GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Laurencekirk 30MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Stonehaven Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Fetteresso GSP | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
Operator and place
More from Green Switch Capital Limited
- Titan Battery Storage500 MW · planned
- Wicken Bridleway, Church Road - Battery Energy Storage400 MW · permitted
- Red Moss - Battery Storage342 MW · permitted
- Hill Farm, Wacton Road - Battery Energy Storage System120 MW · permitted
- Rogerhill Solar and Battery Energy Storage System100 MW · planned
- Rogerhill Solar and Battery Energy Storage System100 MW · planned
- Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm.50 MW · planned
- Brecks Solar Farm45.4 MW · permitted
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.
- 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.