Power plant · City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Riccarton Mains Road - Battery Energy Storage
Riccarton Mains Road - Battery Energy Storage is a planned power plant in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 150 MW of capacity, operated by Miller Developments.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | City of Edinburgh (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 100 Metres N/O 81 Riccarton Mains Road, EH14 5NA | 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 | 26 Mar 2025 (reference ECU00005144, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Miller Developments | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 150 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 | 55.9022, -3.3068 | 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 ECU00005144)
How it compares
Riccarton Mains Road - Battery Energy Storage is the 104th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 349th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 150 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 | 104th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.15% |
| United Kingdom | 349th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 998th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 21 grid connections (7 operating, 89 MW), 10 data centers and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 42 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 43 km |
| Fragland grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 44 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 49 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.