Kinkell Energy Storage - Community Engagement Event

Join us to discuss our proposal to build an Energy Storage site on the land west of Campsie Road, South of Lennoxtown. The exhibition will display our conceptual plans for how the site could be developed. Members of the project team will be available to listen to your thoughts and suggestions.

Campsie Memorial Hall, 2 Main St, Lennoxtown, Glasgow G66 7HA
Wednesday 27th November
From 3pm – 6pm

 

Who we are

SMS owns, installs, operates, and manages clean energy technology including smart meters, battery storage systems and other renewable generation assets across the UK. The company is today playing a critical role in decarbonising the UK energy system through its range of innovative solutions. Inspired by our core value of sustainability, we are committed to improving our impacts on the environment, our communities, and wider society around us through responsible operations and best practice corporate governance.

Our specialist team design, supply, install, operate, maintain, and optimise our BESS projects working alongside a wide range of industry partners and other stakeholders, including landowners and local community members.

  • 860MW of BESS projects to be delivered by 2026
  • 25+ years’ experience delivering large-scale electrical infrastructure across the UK
  • Approximately 300,000MWhr stored since November 2021

The map shows our sites throughout the UK that are consented, under construction or operational.

The Proposal

The proposed BESS site is located on land Land west of Campsie Road, South of Lennoxtown. The BESS site will have enough energy to power all the houses in East Dunbartonshire for roughly 2 days*

The planning application will be determined by the Energy Consents Unit wit h East Dumbartonshire Council being a formal consultee in the process. We propose to submit our planning application in Q2 2025.

Once approved, construction will commence 2 years prior to the connection date, which is currently expected in 2030

*based on 2700kWh per house per year and 47,549 dwelling in East Dunbartonshire (2021 figures)

 

Battery energy storage is an essential technology for overcoming the energy system’s biggest modern challenge: the transition to green energy. As renewables are intermittent, batteries connected to the National Grid are needed to store clean electricity whenever it is generated. In this way, green power can be supplied and consumed on demand by the UK population no matter what time of day it is, or what the weather is like.

In addition to helping phase out fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions, batteries also play an increasingly vital role in stabilising, balancing, and protecting the grid, adding a much needed layer of flexibility as the UK moves to electrified transport and heating systems in coming years.

Project Stages

We are now seeking views from the local community in order to shape our plans ahead of submission to the Energy Consents Unit.

Draft Engineer Layout

Ecological Enhancements

 

Site Summary

Contact Us

We welcome all feedback about our proposal described.
There will be another community engagement event held in 2025 to showcase progress in our designs before we submit an application for planning approval

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Comments made are not representations to the Scottish Ministers and if the applicant submits an application there will be an opportunity to make representations on that application to the Scottish Ministers.

Email: Kinkell.planning@smsenergy.com
Write to us: Kinkell Development Team, Prennau House, Cardiff Gate Business Park, Copse Walk, Pontprennau, Cardiff, CF23 8XH