Torrdhuin, Auchteraw Battery Storage Facility (49.9 MW)
Torrdhuin, Auchteraw Battery Storage Facility is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 22 August 2025; the record was last updated on 22 September 2025.
49.9 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
22 September 2025record last updated
Highlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 November 2020 | Application submitted |
| 9 March 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 25 September 2023 | Construction started |
| 22 August 2025 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 22 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Field Energy
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- 20/04565/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land 325M SW Of Torrdhuin
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 16 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8096
Who decides
| Applications | Highland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 160 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 68 (42%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 15 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 61 of 114 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 31 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 52.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 20 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auchteraw Energy Storage | battery storage | 20 | application withdrawn | <0.1 |
| Culachy Wind Farm | wind farm | 57.6 | refused | 4.4 |
| Millennium East | wind farm | 49.6 | application submitted | 7.5 |
| Tomchrasky Estate Wind farm | wind farm | 84 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| Millennium Extension II | wind farm | 15 | operational | 9.6 |
| Millennium Windfarm | wind farm | 40 | operational | 9.6 |
| Millennium Extension | wind farm | 10 | operational | 9.9 |
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 (57.1297, -4.7316).