Battery storage · United Kingdom

Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility

Awaiting Construction20 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 8 March 2023

The site

Technology: Battery storage (Co-located with RE)
Capacity: 20 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant: Elgin Energy Es Co Limited
Location: E/O A90 Peterhead to Fraserburgh Road, Se/O St Fergus Village, Peterhead, Grampian, AB42 3HD, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Scottish Government (S36)
Planning application: ECU00003226

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Timeline

11 February 2021 Planning application submitted
22 December 2022 Planning permission granted
22 December 2027 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 177 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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