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Battery storage planning in Orkney Islands
Orkney Islands has decided 1 battery storage scheme and approved 100% of them. Consented capacity: 2 MW. 1 application still awaiting a decision.
⚠️ Small caseload (1 decided). Percentages here move a lot with one more decision — read them as indicative, not as a reliable rate.
How Orkney Islands compares
Against the 137 UK authorities with 5+ battery storage decisions, Orkney Islands sits in the 73rd percentile for approval rate (8 points above the UK average).
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Orkney Islands approves 100% of battery storage schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
Every recorded scheme (2)
| Scheme | MW | Status | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
Greentoft, Neven Point, Eday - Wind Turbines & BESS Green Power (International) Limited · 25/203/TPPMAJ | 10 | Application Submitted | 2025-06-23 |
Orkney Storage Park Project Scottish Hydroelectric Power Distribution (SHEPD) | 2 | Operational | — |
Does Orkney Islands approve battery storage schemes?
Yes — of the 1 battery storage schemes Orkney Islands has decided, 100% were approved (1 granted, 0 refused). The UK-wide rate for battery storage is 92%. Note this is a small caseload, so treat the percentage as indicative rather than statistically robust.
How long does a battery storage scheme application take in Orkney Islands?
There are not enough dated decisions in Orkney Islands to compute a median decision time for battery storage schemes.
How much battery storage capacity has Orkney Islands consented?
2 MW has been consented across 1 approved scheme. A further 1 application awaits a decision.
Other technologies in Orkney Islands
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0 — 2026 Q1 extract. Approval rate is over decided applications only (approved ÷ approved+refused); withdrawn and undecided schemes are excluded. A permission later expired still counts as approved because consent was granted. REPD covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above, is published quarterly, and does not record refusal reasons — so nothing here explains why a scheme was refused. Screening context for site selection, not planning advice.
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