Former Fife Power Station (100 MW battery storage)
Former Fife Power Station is a 100 MW battery storage project in Fife, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 6 February 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 14 October 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 February 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 14 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Fife Power 1 Ltd
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005188
- Address (REPD)
- Woodend, Cardenden
- Council area (by location)
- Fife
- Name in REPD
- Former Fife Power Station - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17018
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield Solar Farm & Battery | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Westfield | wind farm | 10 | operational | 2.1 |
| Strathruddie, Kinglassie Solar farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Little Raith Farm | wind farm | 25 | operational | 5.8 |
| Little Raith Farm - extension | wind farm | 18 | refused on appeal | 5.8 |
| Clentrie Wind Farm (Gevens) | wind farm | 6.9 | operational | 6.0 |
| Glenniston Farm, Auchtertool Solar Farm | solar farm | 39 | approved, not built | 6.0 |
| Gleniston, Auchtertool | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
| Camilla Battery Storage | battery storage | 50 | operational | 6.5 |
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 (56.1644, -3.3).