The Scottish ministers have approved a 456 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) that is developed by a subsidiary of Gresham House.
According to the Energy Constent unit of the Scottish government, the application was established yesterday (March 17) for the Gretna Green Bess. Gresham House Devco Pipeline Ltd submitted proposals for the site for the site in April 2024.
Planning documents show that the planning application committee of the Dumfries and Galloway Council has not increased any objections to the proposal.
The Gretna Green Bess will sit on the land south of the Gretna 400KV substation and will be developed by Gresham House New Energy, the Clean Energy division within assets management company Gresham House, the largest owner of Bess assets in the VK.
The development will cover 13 hectares near the border of England-Schotland and split into two linked parts: a battery housing of 56 MW and another of 400 MW, each with a 132kV lower station. In this way it is divided to take into account an existing watercourse that runs through the site.
Scottish Power will manage a 400KV under station in the northeast of the site, the construction of which also falls under the planning permission.
According to the decision -making letter published by the Energy Constent unit, no objections were received from members of the public. Under the Scottish national planning framework, the ministers had to give permission for the project; Unanimous support was given.
The Gretna Green Bess website offers a provisional date for operations to start at the end of 2025.