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Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage Facility
Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage Facility is a 30 MW battery storage site under construction in Aberdeen City. Planning permission was granted on 30 September 2021, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: Peak Reserve Power Limited / Centrica / Cragside.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 13 May 2021 |
| Permission granted | 30 September 2021 5 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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How big is Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage Facility?
Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage Facility has a recorded installed capacity of 30 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage Facility?
REPD records the operator as Peak Reserve Power Limited / Centrica / Cragside. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage Facility approved and built?
The application was submitted on 13 May 2021. Permission was granted on 30 September 2021, 5 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 8385.
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