Kintore Battery Energy Storage Project (300 MW)
Kintore Battery Energy Storage Project is a 300 MW battery storage project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 7 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 1 July 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 February 2021 | Application submitted |
| 7 May 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 7 May 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 300 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 1 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Alcemi Storage Development Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004756
- Address (REPD)
- SO Midmill Business Park, Kintore, Inverurie
- Council area (by location)
- Aberdeenshire
- Time to decision
- 220 weeks
- REPD reference
- 10467
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broomhill BESS | battery storage | 49 | approved, not built | 0.3 |
| Womblehill Farm, Kintore | battery storage | 200 | application submitted | 1.3 |
| Fordtown Energy Storage | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Kintore | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 2.0 |
| Kintore Substation, Leylodge | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| South Leylodge Farmhouse, Kintore | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Dyce Energy Storage, Raiths Industrial Estate Battery Facility | battery storage | 50 | operational | 8.4 |
| Farburn Place | battery storage | 30 | under construction | 9.3 |
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 (57.2182, -2.342).