Power plant · Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Shindour, Feddal Hill Wood - Battery Energy Storage Facility
Shindour, Feddal Hill Wood - Battery Energy Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Whirlwind Energy Storage Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Perth and Kinross (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Shindour, Feddal Hill, Wood Braco, Dunblane, FK15 9RA | 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 | 24 Oct 2024 (permit 22/02231/FLM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Jan 2023 (reference 22/02231/FLM, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Oct 2024 (granted, reference 22/02231/FLM, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Whirlwind Energy Storage Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 56.2646, -3.9398 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Shindour, Feddal Hill Wood - Battery Energy Storage Facility is the 317th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 847th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 317th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 847th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,927th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 61 grid connections (28 operating, 425 MW), 42 substations and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braco West GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Braco Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Feddal Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 10.5 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Cromlet Hill Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Gleneagles Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 49 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 50 km |
Operator and place
More from Whirlwind Energy Storage Limited
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- Stainland Energy Storage Project49.9 MW · permitted
- Boat of Garten - Battery Energy Storage49.9 MW
- Househill House, Househill - Battery Storage49.9 MW · permitted
- Stainland Road, Salterhebble - Battery Storage Facility25 MW · permitted
- Thurso 2 BESS grid connection49.9 MW
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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.