Battery energy storage plant to be delivered in Fife

Land at Pitkevy Farm near Leslie is to be home to a new battery energy storage facility.Hamilton-based Intelligent Land Investments Group said the plant will have a generating capacity of up to 50 megawatts – enough to provide energy for several thousand homes.Following approval by members of Fife Council’s central and west planning committee, around 52 containers containing batteries and other equipment will be created on the site and will be connected to the existing nearby Glenrothes national grid electricity substation to the south-east.Council planners described the proposal as an “important addition” to the national grid in offering surety of supply and supporting the drive to a 100% renewables-sourced electricity service infrastructure.The development, which will use underground cables rather than overhead pylons, will be accessed by the existing main farm access on Falkland Hill Road that runs from Leslie to Falkland.Work on site is expected to last around nine months.