Knockair, Dougliehill Road (24 MW battery storage)
Knockair, Dougliehill Road is a 24 MW battery storage project in Inverclyde, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 20 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 2 December 2025.
24 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
2 December 2025record last updated
Inverclydecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 24 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 2 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Renewco Power
- Planning authority
- Inverclyde
- Planning application reference
- 25/0125/IC
- Address (REPD)
- Former Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road, Port Glasgow
- Council area (by location)
- Inverclyde
- Name in REPD
- Knockair, Dougliehill Road - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 19964
Recorded together with Knockair, Dougliehill Road Solar Farm (25 MW solar farm, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Inverclyde | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 10 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road | battery storage | 49 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Inverclyde Wind Farm (Corlic Hill) | wind farm | 24 | operational | 2.2 |
| Auchentiber Road | battery storage | 700 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Greenock Wind Farm | wind farm | 55 | refused on appeal | 4.2 |
| Flatterton Farm, Flatterton Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.3 |
| Aggreko, Stirling Road | rooftop solar | 8.8 | application submitted | 9.3 |
| Drumfad Wood | battery storage | 29.9 | permission expired | 9.9 |
| Waterhead Moor | wind farm | 72.5 | application withdrawn | 10.0 |
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 (55.9328, -4.7054).