Question reference: S6W-25335
- Date lodged: 7 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many battery energy storage system sites are (a) currently operational, (b) under construction and (c) scheduled for construction, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information can be extracted from the publicly available Renewable Energy Planning Database ( Renewable Energy Planning Database: quarterly extract - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) ). The following table draws out the number of battery projects planned across Scotland up to the end of December 2023.
Table 1: Extract from Renewable Energy Planning Database up to the end of December 2023 (published January 2024)
Local Authority | a) Operational | b) Under Construction | c) Awaiting Construction |
Aberdeen City | 2 | ||
Aberdeenshire | 1 | 1 | 16 |
Angus | 1 | 4 | |
Argyll and Bute | 1 | ||
Clackmannanshire | 2 | ||
Dumfries and Galloway | 7 | ||
Dundee City | 2 | 2 | |
East Ayrshire | 4 | ||
East Dunbartonshire | 1 | ||
East Lothian | 1 | ||
East Renfrewshire | 1 | ||
Falkirk | 1 | ||
Fife | 3 | 9 | |
Glasgow City | 2 | ||
Highland | 1 | 7 | |
Inverclyde | |||
Midlothian | |||
Moray | 1 | 6 | |
North Ayrshire | 6 | ||
North Lanarkshire | 1 | ||
Orkney Islands | 1 | ||
Perth and Kinross | 1 | 5 | |
Renfrewshire | 1 | ||
Scottish Borders | 2 | ||
Shetland Islands | 1 | ||
South Ayrshire | 3 | ||
South Lanarkshire | 1 | 5 | |
Stirling | 3 | ||
West Dunbartonshire | |||
West Lothian | 1 | 2 | |
Scotland Total | 10 | 8 | 91 |