Mullaghmeash Road & Feeny (100 MW battery storage)
Mullaghmeash Road & Feeny is a 100 MW battery storage project in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 17 February 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 23 April 2025.
100 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
23 April 2025record last updated
Derry City and Strabanecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 February 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 23 April 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Derry City and Strabane
- Planning application reference
- LA01/2025/0175/F
- Turbine height
- 55 m
- Address (REPD)
- 550m SW of 38 Mullaghmeash Road and.800m NW of Feeny
- Council area (by location)
- Derry City and Strabane
- Name in REPD
- Mullaghmeash Road & Feeny - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 18508
Who decides
| Applications | Derry City and Strabane | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 49 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 2 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 10 of 43 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 103.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Energy Storage Facility Development in Derry | battery storage | 17 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Trench Road, Killymallaght Substation | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 5.9 |
| Maydown Road | battery storage | 140 | application submitted | 6.1 |
| Coolkeeragh | battery storage | 140 | approved, not built | 6.1 |
| Curryfree Wind Farm | wind farm | 15 | operational | 7.7 |
| Gortmonly Wind Energy | wind farm | 15 | application withdrawn | 7.7 |
| Battery Energy Storage Facility in Londonderry | battery storage | 34 | approved, not built | 8.4 |
| Slieve Kirk | wind farm | 27.6 | operational | 8.9 |
| Slieve Kirk Ext | wind farm | 11.5 | permission expired | 8.9 |
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 (54.9982, -7.3232).