Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Salamander Offshore Wind Farm - Battery Storage and Onshore Connection
Salamander Offshore Wind Farm - Battery Storage and Onshore Connection is a permitted power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 180 MW of capacity, operated by Simply Blue Group and Orsted.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Lunderton, N/O Peterhead, AB42 1GQ | 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 | 28 Oct 2025 (permit ECU00005201, 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 | 15 Aug 2024 (ref. ECU00005201, Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Oct 2025 (granted, ref. ECU00005201, Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Simply Blue Group | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Orsted | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 180 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.5407, -1.8051 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Salamander Offshore Wind Farm - Battery Storage and Onshore Connection is the 97th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 334th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 180 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 97th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.18% |
| United Kingdom | 334th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 914th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 90 grid connections (42 operating, 197 MW) and 55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP Project Flora grid connection | Grid connection | 51 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Kirkton PV + ESS grid connection | Grid connection | 43.8 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Bruxiehill Wind Generating grid connection | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Peterhead Grange GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Peterhead Grange Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Peterhead North Street Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
Operators and place
More from Simply Blue Group
- Peterhead - The Salamander Project100 MW · planned
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.