Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Speyslaw Farm - Battery Storage
Speyslaw Farm - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 19.9 MW of capacity, operated by Elgin Energy EsCo.
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 | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Speyslaw Farm, IV30 8LX | 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 | 9 Feb 2023 (permit 21/01805/APP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Dec 2021 (reference 21/01805/APP, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Feb 2023 (granted, reference 21/01805/APP, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elgin Energy EsCo | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19.9 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 | 57.6848, -3.1991 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Speyslaw Farm - Battery Storage is the 618th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,998th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19.9 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 | 618th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,998th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,039th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 72 grid connections (31 operating, 447 MW) and 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milltown PV grid connection | Grid connection | 99.8 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Lhanbryde Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Lossiemouth Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.2 km |
| RAF Lossiemouth grid connection | Grid connection | 4.95 MW | Planned | 7.1 km |
| Elgin BESS Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 7.1 km |
| Elgin Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.6 km |
Operator and place
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- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
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- 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.