Power plant · Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Roaring Hill, Whinnyknowe - Battery Energy Storage System
Roaring Hill, Whinnyknowe - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned battery storage plant in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 60 MW of capacity, operated by ELM Power Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Fife (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Roaring Hill, Whinnyknowe, Leslie, Glenrothes, KY6 3HA | 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 | 23 Jul 2025 (reference ECU00005104, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | ELM Power Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60 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 | 56.2076, -3.2042 | 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 ECU00005104)
How it compares
Roaring Hill, Whinnyknowe - Battery Energy Storage System is the 238th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 618th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 60 MW is <0.1% 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 | 238th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 618th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,624th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 69 grid connections (21 operating, 370 MW), 52 substations and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 9.9 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Binn Farm - Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
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- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 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.
- © 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.
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