Visualisation of the battery energy storage site proposed near Boat of Garten.Plans for one of the very first battery energy storage facilities in Scotland have been lodged for a site by Boat of Garten.Whirlwind Energy Storage is behind the proposal lodged with Highland Council’s planning service for the 49 megawatts facility on land 380 metres west of East Croftmore Farm.It would accommodate up to 50 battery storage units housed within containers along with ancillary structures at the site one kilometre north-east of the village.The applicants state: “It is envisaged that the battery units would be based on steel shipping containers.“The facility would provide rapid-response electrical back-up to the electricity grid and would represent an early deployment within Scotland of a high-tech grid balancing facility, of a type which is already seeing significant deployment in the…
Plans lined up by Boat of Garten for one of Scotland’s very first battery energy storage facilities
