Salamander Offshore Wind Farm Battery Storage and Onshore Connection (180 MW)
Salamander Offshore Wind Farm Battery Storage and Onshore Connection is a 180 MW battery storage project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 October 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 18 November 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 August 2024 | Application submitted |
| 28 October 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 180 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 18 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Orsted / Simply Blue Group
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005201
- Address (REPD)
- Lunderton, N/O Peterhead
- Council area (by location)
- Aberdeenshire
- Time to decision
- 63 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Salamander Offshore Wind Farm - Battery Storage and Onshore Connection
- REPD reference
- 18567
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 3.1 |
| St Fergus Renewable Energy Park | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 3.5 |
| South of Greenwellheads | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 7.0 |
| Flushing, Longside | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 7.0 |
| St Fergus Moss Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | operational | 7.1 |
| Land at Overside and Greenwellheads Farms | wind farm | 9.2 | operational | 7.2 |
| Netherton, Langside Road | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 7.3 |
| Greenside Extension | wind farm | 7 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Greystone, Blackhills | battery storage | 500 | application submitted | 7.5 |
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 (57.539, -1.8085).