Power plant · Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Salters Battery Energy Storage System
Salters Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by Buccleuch Group.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Midlothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South of A68 and approximately c80m North of Dalkeith High School, EH22 2DG | 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 | 12 May 2025 (permit ECU00004962, 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 | 21 Aug 2024 (reference ECU00004962, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 May 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004962, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Buccleuch Group | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 200 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 | 55.8965, -3.0500 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004962)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004962)
How it compares
Salters Battery Energy Storage System is the 82nd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 279th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 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 | 82nd of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.2% |
| United Kingdom | 279th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 741st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 data centers, 7 grid connections (2 operating, 16.2 MW) and 2 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.3 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 46 km |
| Fragland grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 49 km |
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 49 km |
| Glendevon Primary | 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.