Middleton Road - Linwood Battery Energy Storage System (69 MW)
Middleton Road - Linwood Battery Energy Storage System is a 69 MW battery storage project in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 7 May 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 February 2023 | Application submitted |
| 16 May 2024 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 69 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 7 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Bluestone Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004543
- Address (REPD)
- Middleton Road, Linwood, Paisley
- Council area (by location)
- Renfrewshire
- Time to decision
- 64 weeks
- REPD reference
- 11868
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton Farm Cottage, Middleton Road | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| East Fulwood Energy Storage | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 2.9 |
| East Fulwood Greenock Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 14.3 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Well Street | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| Neilston Greener Grid Park | battery storage | 50 | under construction | 3.9 |
| Glasgow Airport Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.9 | under construction | 3.9 |
| Artfield Forest Wind Farm | wind farm | 67.2 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Laigh Park Water Treatment Works | battery storage | 49.5 | application submitted | 4.2 |
| Houston Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility | solar farm | 75 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
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 (55.853, -4.4876).