Battery storage · United Kingdom
Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage
Under Construction43 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 2 December 2025
The site
- Technology
- Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
- Capacity
- 43 MW
- Status
- Under Construction
- Operator or applicant
- Falkirk Power Limited
- Location
- The South East Of Merchiston Industrial Estate Smith Street, Falkirk, FK2 7PD, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Falkirk
- Planning application
- P/23/0046/FUL
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Timeline
- 7 February 2023 Planning application submitted
- 23 June 2023 Planning permission granted
- 1 November 2025 Construction started
- 23 June 2026 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 panels
- Gas leak at Cockenzie battery storage site under construction
- Short circuit in lithium battery cells reported as cause of fire at Rufford Colliery BESS
- Smoke and fire incident at Battery Box, Pinhoe Road, Exeter
- Battery storage site fire in East Tilbury brought under control after 24 hours
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