Power plant · East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Smeaton Battery Energy Storage System
Smeaton Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted battery storage plant in East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 228 MW of capacity, operated by Kona Energy Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Smeaton, Whitecraig, East Lothian, EH22 2NL | 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 | 29 Aug 2024 (permit ECU00004783, 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 Mar 2023 (reference ECU00004783, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Aug 2024 (granted, reference ECU00004783, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Kona Energy Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 228 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 | 55.9146, -3.0332 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004783)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004783)
How it compares
Smeaton Battery Energy Storage System is the 70th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 259th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 228 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 | 70th of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.24% |
| United Kingdom | 259th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 674th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 data centers, 7 grid connections (2 operating, 16.2 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| Binn Farm Glenfarg grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 44 km |
| Fragland grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 47 km |
| Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.7 MW | Operating | 47 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 48 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 50 km |
Operator and place
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- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.