ILI Group has secured planning consent for its 200MW North Lanrigg battery energy storage (BESS) project in Scotland.
The approval for the facility in North Lanarkshire was issued by the Energy Consents Unit (ECU), part of the Scottish Government responsible for administering applications related to energy infrastructure.
The consent comes after ILI Group received the green light for its 100MW Learielaw BESS project in West Lothian in May this year.
With a projected grid connection date in 2028, ILI Group said the North Lanrigg BESS is Gate 2-ready and compliant with CP30 goals.
Chief executive Mark Wilson said: “North Lanrigg is a major milestone for us – not only because of its scale, but because it reflects the strength of our development model and the demand for flexible grid infrastructure.
“These are the kinds of nationally significant assets that will underpin a fully renewable energy system.”
ILI Group is currently applying for Gate 2 grid connection offers for 1.05GW of its battery projects, with submissions due this month. Gate 2 offers are expected by the end of the year, at which point ILI will hold one of the UK’s largest ready-to-build (RTB) battery portfolios – with planning, land, and grid fully secured.
To date, ILI Group has sold 450MW of battery projects, which are now either under construction or in operation.
Based in Hamilton, Scotland, the clean energy development company has a 3.6GW pipeline comprising 1.4GW of pumped storage hydro and 2.2GW of utility-scale battery storage.