Consultation to be held over Clydebank battery storage proposals

It is being held at the Hub Community Centre on Kilbowie Road on Tuesday, April 23 between 3pm and 7pm.

Developer Intelligent Land Investments (ILI) Group is hosting the event as part of its pre-application consultation for the site which would be located at Braidfield Farm, across from St Peter the Apostle High School.

The land is currently used as a horse paddock.

Proposed site (Image: ILI Group)The Hamilton-based company is looking to inform residents of the proposal and to allow them to express their views on the plans which have not yet been submitted to the Scottish Government.

Comments made to ILI Group at the meeting will not be formal representations to the Scottish Government.

If a planning application is later submitted, there will be an opportunity for residents to make formal representations on the application to the Scottish Government.

What is the proposal?

According to the ILI Group’s website, the Braidfield Energy Storage Project proposes to create a 100-megawatt (MW) energy storage facility with containerised battery storage.

The development would house containers of batteries and associated equipment, an access track to the site, electricity, meter building, and fencing.

ILI Group say they hope this site will store excess energy from the grid as well as put electricity back into the grid when required.

Why this area?

The location is said to have been chosen as the land is located near the Kilbowie Grid Supply Point (GSP).

Proposed site layout (Image: East Dunbartonshire Council)It is noted that there are very few grid locations across Scotland that can accommodate this level of power.

This is now the second proposed battery storage unit which could be located in Clydebank.

In 2023 Green energy firm Apatura lodged plans for a battery storage farm in Faifley.

For more information on the Braidfield Farm proposals visit the ILI Group's website HERE.