Milligansbush Energy Storage Project
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We are looking to engage with the local community and as part of our pre-application consultation we are holding an exhibition to enable people to find out more about the proposal and to provide us with their views. Comments and feedback should be made by the 30th of August 2023 through the online comment form or to Greig Templeton, Planning Manager via email gt@ili-energy.com or by post to Milligansbush Battery Storage Ltd, 33 Bothwell Road, Hamilton ML3 0AS. Comments made to us are not formal representations to the Scottish Government. If we submit an application for consent, there will be an opportunity to make formal representation on the application to the Scottish Government.
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What is the project
- 200MW Energy Storage facility containerised Battery Storage
- The development would consist of containers containing batteries and associated equipment, an access track, electricity, meter building and fencing
- Stores excess energy from the grid
- Puts electricity back into the grid when required
- This helps balance the supply and demand for the grid
Who are ILI Group?
- Energy Storage Development Company
- Based in Hamilton, Lanarkshire
- Started in 2017
- Bringing 4GW of Energy Storage to Scotland
- Developing 3 Pumped Storage Hydro Projects 450MW +
- 1.5 GW of Battery Storage
Why is it needed?
- Scotland has a Target of Net Zero by 2045
- Renewable energy is intermittent, This means we can’t rely on it to meet demand
- Fossil fuel generators coal gas and nuclear make up the difference
- As these go off line we need to be able to meet that demand
- Energy storage lets us store renewable energy for when it is needed
- National Grid ESO have estimated we need up to 50GW of energy storage by 2050
- The Scottish Energy Strategy, published 2018, supports new energy storage capacity. It states that the Scottish Government will continue to support innovation and deployment in storage and to work to accelerate its penetration across Scotland.
Why in this Location?
- There is available capacity at the Grid Supply Point
- Across Scotland there are very few Grid Locations that can accept this level of power.
Location Plan
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Location Plan The proposed development site is located at Milligansbush Farm, Gretna, DG16 5HN, and is farmland that is presently used for livestock grazing as part of the working farm.
The development would be accessed from the A7 via minor roads. The site is located around 2km southeast of Chapelknowe, and 2.5km north of Gretna Green & Springfield.
The proposed battery energy storage equipment will be situated around 500 metres northeast of Milligansbush Farm itself.
Site Layout
- Energy Storage Units
- Store Units
- Converters and Transformer
- New Planting (native broadleaves (trees and shrubs)
- Track
- Substation Enclosure
- Final layout subject to change
Energy Storage Units
- Batteries, inverters, transformers and control equipment will be housed in steel containers of 13 metres by 2.5 metres by 2.6 metres high.
- Solid state lithium batteries. would be used, as successfully employed on many other sites in the UK and worldwide.
Substation
- A small site substation is proposed to house Scottish Hydro switchgear, site switchgear, electricity metering and control equipment and health & safety equipment.
- This would be a prefabricated GRP building up to 10 metres by 6 metres by 3.2 metres high.
Converters & Transfomers
- 13 transformers and converters are placed between the energy storage units
- The power converters are around 1.6 by 1.4 metres, by 2.6 metres tall, and transformers are around 2.7 by 2.5 metres, by 2.8 metres tall.
- The final equipment and size may vary slightly from that shown.
Traffic
Construction traffic would be carefully managed including in the timing, routing, considerate driving. notification of residents, and a local contact available. Construction traffic impact will be temporary and in use traffic associated with the facility is expected to be low.
- ILI Group, The Shires, 33 Bothwell Road, Hamilton, ML3 0AS
- 01698 891352
- info@ili-energy.com