Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Womblehill Farm, Kintore - Battery Energy Storage System
Womblehill Farm, Kintore - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by RE Projects Development and Field.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Womblehill, Kintore, AB51 0XJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Jun 2025 (reference ECU00005233, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RE Projects Development (RE Projects Development (REPD) / Field) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Field (RE Projects Development (REPD) / Field) | 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 | 57.2196, -2.3607 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005233)
How it compares
Womblehill Farm, Kintore - 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: 135 grid connections (62 operating, 448 MW), 83 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordtown Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Kintore BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| The Croft grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Kintore GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Torryburn Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Kemnay Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
Operators 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.