Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pittlesheugh Farm Bess, Springwells Farmhouse - Battery Energy Storage
Pittlesheugh Farm Bess, Springwells Farmhouse - Battery Energy Storage is a planned battery storage plant in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 340 MW of capacity, operated by The Energy Workshop.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scottish Borders (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Pittlesheugh Farm Bess Limited, W/O Springwells Farmhouse, Greenlaw, Duns, TD10 6UL | 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 | 19 Apr 2024 (reference ECU00004872, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | The Energy Workshop (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 340 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 | 55.6842, -2.3747 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004872)
How it compares
Pittlesheugh Farm Bess, Springwells Farmhouse - Battery Energy Storage is the 58th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 202nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 340 MW is 0.12% 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 | 58th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.36% |
| United Kingdom | 202nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.12% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 463rd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 grid connections (3 operating, 77.5 MW) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Gas 2.8 MW grid connection at Denwick | Grid connection | 2.8 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Solar 2.845 MW grid connection at Denwick | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| Wind 20.5 MW grid connection at Wandylaw Windfarm | Grid connection | 20.5 MW | Operating | 42 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 44 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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