Tealing Battery Energy Storage Farm (80 MW)
Tealing Battery Energy Storage Farm is an 80 MW battery storage project in Angus, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 December 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 9 January 2024. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 October 2021 | Application submitted |
| 13 December 2023 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 13 December 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 80 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 9 January 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Sirius EcoDev Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00003354
- Address (REPD)
- 800m Ne/O Gagie Farm, Kellas
- Council area (by location)
- Angus
- Time to decision
- 113 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Tealing Battery Energy Storage Farm
- REPD reference
- 11097
Recorded together with Tealing Solar Energy Park - Phase 2 (110 MW solar farm, approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellbank Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Pitkerro Road | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 3.9 |
| Dodd Hill | wind farm | 12.5 | refused on appeal | 3.9 |
| New Craigie Retail Park | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Field 279M North East of 15 Tealing | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 5.4 |
| Tealing Airfield PV | solar farm | 31 | permission expired | 5.5 |
| Balnuith Farm, Tealing | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
| Frawney Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.2 | refused | 7.8 |
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 (56.5091, -2.8832).