Renewable energy storage specialist Apatura has secured planning permission to build and operate a new 100 MW capacity battery energy storage system at Tealing near Dundee on Scotland’s east coast. The Tealing site is the fifth battery storage project that Apatura has received planning consent for in the last 12 months. On completion it will be one of the largest battery energy storage schemes operating in the UK.
Commenting on the news, Andrew Philpott, chief development officer at Apatura, said, “When operational, the new facility will … play a key role in supporting the UK’s transition to renewable energy and a low carbon economy as part of its net zero commitments.”
The proposed new facility will consist of 52 lithium-ion batteries securely housed in steel containers and directly connected by an underground grid cable to the nearby Tealing substation. To minimise disruption to the local environment, the development will include new native species tree and wildflower planting to deliver a biodiversity net gain at the site.
Scottish Ministers approved the scheme, and in a letter that confirmed it wold raise no objections to the scheme, the local authority Angus Council noted that “The development would contribute towards meeting government energy targets and generally complies with the relevant policies of the Angus Local Development Plan and National Planning Framework 4 [for the development and use of land].”
