About the Proposals
The storage facility will comprise a series of battery containers and associated equipment including inverters, transformers and a control room. The site will also have its own substation which will facilitate the connection onto the grid. The batteries will be housed within secure containers which will be no more than 3.5 metres in height and all equipment will be enclosed by a boundary fence.
Please see the attached for information presented in the Section 36 Application submission to the Energy Consents Unit.
The site location is within the Kyle Investment Area and not designated Green Belt. Although the land is agricultural it is not categorised as prime agricultural land and is free of any environmental designations. The position of the batteries on the site has been selected taking into account the topography of the site, ecological and technical constraints and is purposefully designed to minimise visual impacts. Additional landscaping and planting will also screen the site.
Key Project Benefits
It is important to us that this proposal reinforces the local landscape and existing site features. We are exploring all opportunities to increase biodiversity and landscaping on site as part of this project.
We aim to retain or enhance all established trees and hedgerows to ensure the project has a positive impact on local nature as well as contributing to national decarbonisation targets.
NEP is committed to the local communities in which we operate.
The project will provide community and social benefits, we have some initial ideas of how this should look and seek your thoughts and suggestions on how monies could be spend to maximum benefit.
NEP will engage with local contractors and businesses to utilise local suppliers during construction and operation, where skills and specialisms permit.
The proposal will create 500MW of capacity to assist the National Grid in increasing resilience and reducing reliance on imported gas. The proposal enables more renewable electricity generated in Scotland, to be used in Scotland. The need to provide safe, secure and reliable energy storage is recognised in the draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition plan currently being consulted on by the Scottish Government.