Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Philips Mains, Mey - Battery Energy Storage
Philips Mains, Mey - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 300 MW of capacity, operated by Ampeak Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 500m W/O Philips Mains, Mey, Thurso, KW14 8XH | 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 | 19 Jan 2026 (permit ECU00004838, 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 | 10 Jun 2024 (reference ECU00004838, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Jan 2026 (granted, reference ECU00004838, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ampeak Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 300 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 | 58.6383, -3.2281 | 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 ECU00004838)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004838)
How it compares
Philips Mains, Mey - Battery Energy Storage is the 61st-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 213th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 300 MW is 0.11% of the 279,978 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 | 61st of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.32% |
| United Kingdom | 213th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | 0.11% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 476th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 54 grid connections (26 operating, 303 MW) and 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochend Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 12.2 MW | Planned | 5.2 km |
| Lochend Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Planned | 5.2 km |
| Lochend Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 8.74 MW | Operating | 5.2 km |
| Hastigrow Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Mount Pleasant Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Thurso South GSP | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
Operator and place
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- Beatrice588 MW
- Braston New Energy500 MW
- Gretna Green Battery Storage456 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.
- 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.