Middlerigg (49.9 MW battery storage)
Middlerigg is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in West Lothian, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 29 July 2025.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
29 July 2025record last updated
West Lothiancouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 December 2024 | Application submitted |
| 22 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 29 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Galileo Green Energy Scotland Limited
- Planning authority
- West Lothian
- Planning application reference
- 0890/FUL/24
- Address (REPD)
- Middlerigg
- Council area (by location)
- West Lothian
- Time to decision
- 33 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Middlerigg - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 16642
Who decides
| Applications | West Lothian | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 41 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 17 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 15 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Battery Storage | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Torrance Farm Wind Park Extension | wind farm | 5.7 | operational | 5.4 |
| Torrance Farm | wind farm | 9 | operational | 5.7 |
| Heights Road, Blackridge - Woodend Wind Farm | wind farm | 19.8 | application submitted | 5.9 |
| Drumduff Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 15 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| Burnhead | wind farm | 26 | operational | 6.3 |
| Drumduff | wind farm | 8.5 | operational | 6.5 |
| Torrance Wind Farm Extension 2 | wind farm | 26.4 | refused | 6.6 |
| Benhar Windfarm | wind farm | 15 | refused on appeal | 8.2 |
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 (55.904, -3.6747).