Power plant · Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parkhouse Road - Battery Energy Storage
Parkhouse Road - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 24 MW of capacity, operated by GPC 1184 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Glasgow City (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O 557 Parkhouse Road, G78 1TE | 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 | 8 Aug 2025 (permit 24/00342/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Glasgow City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Mar 2024 (reference 24/00342/FUL, planning authority Glasgow City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Aug 2025 (granted, reference 24/00342/FUL, planning authority Glasgow City) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | GPC 1184 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24 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 | 55.8053, -4.3647 | 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 Glasgow City, reference 24/00342/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Glasgow City, reference 24/00342/FUL)
How it compares
Parkhouse Road - Battery Energy Storage is the 559th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,800th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 24 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 559th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,800th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,456th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 16 substations, 9 grid connections (4 operating, 26.9 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 8.8 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 24 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 24 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 30 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © 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.