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Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage
Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage is under construction in Falkirk with a recorded capacity of 43 MW.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2023-02-07 |
| Permission granted | 2023-06-23 4 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
Falkirk’s record on battery storage
Falkirk has decided 8 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 1.8 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Falkirk →
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How big is Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage?
Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage has a recorded installed capacity of 43 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 Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage?
REPD records the operator as Falkirk Power Limited. 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 Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2023-02-07. Permission was granted on 2023-06-23, 4 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 13225.
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