Battery storage · United Kingdom

Drumshoreland Road Battery Storage Facility

Awaiting Construction49.9 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 15 August 2022

The site

Technology: Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
Capacity: 49.9 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant: Sirius Renewables
Location: Site At Drumshoreland Road Pumpherston, West Lothian, EH53, United Kingdom
Planning authority: West Lothian
Planning application: 0255/FUL/22

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Timeline

1 April 2022 Planning application submitted
7 July 2022 Planning permission granted
7 July 2025 Planning permission expired

Incidents on the register at this site

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Incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom

The register holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom, 9 of them fires, and 176 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

Fire in home battery storage system connected to solar panelsEIR-1520 · 2026
Gas leak at Cockenzie battery storage site under constructionEIR-0681 · 2026
Short circuit in lithium battery cells reported as cause of fire at Rufford Colliery BESSEIR-0584 · 2026
Smoke and fire incident at Battery Box, Pinhoe Road, ExeterEIR-0249 · 2026
Battery storage site fire in East Tilbury brought under control after 24 hoursEIR-0530 · 2025

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