Auchentiber Road (700 MW battery storage)
Auchentiber Road is a 700 MW battery storage project in Inverclyde, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 11 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 24 September 2024. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 November 2023 | Application submitted |
| 11 September 2024 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 700 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 24 September 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Apatura GPC 700 Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004979
- Address (REPD)
- Auchentiber Road, Port Glasgow, Kilmalcolm
- Council area (by location)
- Inverclyde
- Time to decision
- 43 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 15425
Who decides
As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. Scottish Government (S36) refused 18% of 334 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 127 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road | battery storage | 49 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Inverclyde Wind Farm (Corlic Hill) | wind farm | 24 | operational | 2.6 |
| Knockair, Dougliehill Road | battery storage | 24 | application submitted | 3.0 |
| Knockair, Dougliehill Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | application submitted | 3.0 |
| Greenock Wind Farm | wind farm | 55 | refused on appeal | 6.6 |
| Waterhead Moor | wind farm | 72.5 | application withdrawn | 8.0 |
| Flatterton Farm, Flatterton Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.5 |
| Leapmoor Forest | wind farm | 30 | application withdrawn | 9.8 |
| Houston Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility | solar farm | 75 | approved, not built | 9.9 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (55.9062, -4.6941).