Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) developer Apatura has received the planning permission for a new Bess project in Scotland.
The Glasgow Road Bess is a development of 40 MW/80mWh in Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire. The eight -hectare site is approximately 23 miles from Glasgow and ten miles from East Kilbride.
According to Apurura, the site will have native plants around the Bess units to increase biodiversity in the area and also to help the site mix in the surrounding countries. The Bess units are colored green to further limit their visual impact to the surrounding countryside.
East Renfrewshire Council granted a building permit for the project on 15 April, so that no objections to the developer’s plans were raced. The Council praised the development as an important role in “supporting the transition to net zero and fighting climate change”. The building permit has been granted for a period of 40 years, after which the site will be returned to its original state.
This development is expected to generate a number of jobs, both directly and indirectly in the local environment. According to Apurura, the project will support around 25 full -time jobs during the construction period and extra benefits will be spread over the Supply Chain.
Andrew Philpott, Chief Development Officer at Apatura, said that the developer welcomes the decision of East Renfrewshire Council to grant the approval of the planning. He added that the development “will strengthen the security of the net, improve British energy and support the transition to a low -carbon economy”, and also noted that “Bess plays a crucial role in modern energy management, especially in the context of integration of renewable energy and grid stability.”
This is the eighth Bess development for which Apurura has received a building permit in the last 16 months. After this planning approval, Apatura now has a total permitted Bess portfolio of 1.5 GW. At the end of February the company received the planning permission for a currency scheme of 400 MW in Central Scotland, the Denny project, five miles southeast of Stirling.
Earlier that month, the company announced that it had crossed the 1GW of permission and operational Bess capacity Mijlpaal when it successfully obtained the building permit for the Neilston Bess project. This 150 MW project is approximately 17 miles southwest of Glasgow. Apatura has the largest pipeline in Scotland, with more than 10 GW projects permission or in development.
