Subscribe To Premium
Premium Subscription

planning consent

Loch Earba (pictured) was chosen for its ideal combination of topology and geology. Image: Gilkes Energy/Earba Storage

Scottish government grants planning consent for 1.8GW/40GWh UK pumped hydro project

April 7, 2025
Gilkes Energy has been awarded planning consent for its Earba Pumped Storage Hydro (PSH) scheme.
UK BESS battery storage
Premium

Over 3GWh of BESS approved in UK in March

April 3, 2025
The UK saw 1,590MW/3,179MWh of grid-scale BESS projects approved last month, bringing the total approved projects to around 55.4GW/117GWh.
A render of Root-Power's newly consented BESS site in the Scottish Highlands. Image: Root-Power.

Apatura, Exagen, Firstway and others land 750MW of BESS planning consent in GB

February 13, 2025
A roundup of recent BESS development planning consent news in the Great Britain (GB) market this week, from the pages of our sister site Solar Power Portal.
image-4-2-1024x540

GB battery storage activity in December and January

January 28, 2025
We round up the last two months of BESS action in the GB (Great Britain) market, including project approvals, construction and applications, taken from the pages of our sister site Solar Power Portal.

Email Newsletter

Most Popular

Our Next Energy launches US-made ESS products, American Energy Storage Innovations winding down

Premium

Local opposition, permitting struggles stall progress on Northland Power’s 1GWh BESS in New York

Premium

California BESS legislation update: Progress for pragmatic approaches, not for the extreme

CBRE IM invests in Engie’s 2.4GW Texas and California BESS portfolio

PG&E intends to put California BESS adjacent to fire-hit Moss Landing project back into service by June

Fluence grows US manufacturing footprint with Arizona factory opening

Upcoming Events

Renewables Procurement & Revenue Summit 2025

May 21
 - May 22
, 2025
London, UK

The Battery Show Europe 2025

June 3
 - June 5
, 2025
Messe Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo Europe 2025

June 3
 - June 5
, 2025
Messe Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany

Energy Storage Summit Germany 2025

June 3
 - June 5
, 2025
Stuttgart, Germany

PV ModuleTech USA 2025

June 17
 - June 18
, 2025
Napa, USA

Green Hydrogen Summit UK & Ireland 2025

July 1
 - July 2
, 2025
London, UK
Energy-Storage.News is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC
This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.
Copyright © 2025. All rights reserved. Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC.