Giants Burn Wind Farm -Batter Energy Storage (23 MW)
Giants Burn Wind Farm -Batter Energy Storage is a 23 MW battery storage project in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 15 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 6 October 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 23 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 6 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Statkraft UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005007
- Address (REPD)
- 2.1 Km Nw/O Dunoon & 1.5 Km Sw/O Sandbank, Dunoon
- Council area (by location)
- Argyll and Bute
- REPD reference
- 16078
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giants Burn Wind Farm- | wind farm | 50.4 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| Black Craig | wind farm | 47.5 | application withdrawn | 6.5 |
| Corlarach Hill | wind farm | 42 | refused on appeal | 6.6 |
| Strone Saul Hill | wind farm | 20 | refused | 6.7 |
| Cove Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 11.5 | application withdrawn | 7.6 |
| Flatterton Farm, Flatterton Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
| Berfern Farm | battery storage | 5 | permission expired | 9.7 |
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 (55.9793, -4.9364).