Apatura has secured planning permission for a new 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) near the town of Kilwinning in North Ayrshire.

The Kilwinning development is the tenth BESS project that Apatura has received planning consent for in the last 17 months and brings the company’s total consented BESS portfolio to more than 1.6GW.

The project will be built half a kilometre north-east of Kilwinning on eight acres of land located east of Old Glasgow Road. When completed, it will join the growing cluster of BESS developments in the region.

Commenting on the news, Andrew Philpott, chief development officer at Apatura, said, “It’s encouraging to see projects like Kilwinning getting approval at such a rapid pace. Battery storage will play a major role in Scotland and the UK’s transition to renewable energy system and a low carbon economy. We welcome this decision from the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit and North Ayrshire Council to give this project the green light.”

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