Power plant · Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Stracathro - Battery Energy Storage System
Stracathro - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 249 MW of capacity, operated by Opdenergy UK 8 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Angus (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adj Addicate Wood and Huntly Wood & 1.6 km S/O Stracathro Services, Brechin, DD9 7PU | 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 | 13 Aug 2025 (permit ECU00004807, 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 | 9 Jan 2025 (ref. ECU00004807, Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Aug 2025 (granted, ref. ECU00004807, Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Opdenergy UK 8 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 249 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 | 56.7631, -2.6111 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Stracathro - Battery Energy Storage System is the 73rd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 251st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 249 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 | 73rd of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.25% |
| United Kingdom | 251st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 628th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 98 grid connections (29 operating, 383 MW) and 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inchbare Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Ballochy Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 23.3 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| 28MW Mains of DUN PV grid connection | Grid connection | 28 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Brechin Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Logie Pert Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Craigo and Glenskinno Farm Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 75 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
Operator and place
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- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
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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.