Cockenzie, Amendment To Battery Energy Storage System Project

Cockenzie Storage Limited

Cockenzie Storage B Limited

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

Notice is hereby given that Cockenzie Storage Limited, with company registration number 11007306, with its registered office at 3 New Street Square, London, United Kingdom, EC4A 3TW, and Cockenzie Storage B Limited, with company registration number 15559244, with its registered office at 2 Upperton Gardens, Eastbourne, England, BN21 2AH have made applications (the “amendment applications”) for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to amend the existing application made to the Scottish Ministers on 31.01.2023 to construct and operate the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Land to the West of Inglis Port, Cockenzie, EH32 0QT (Grid Reference NT 39340 67513) which shall have an installed capacity of up to 342 MW (ECU Reference: ECU00004926).

Application ECU Reference: ECU00004926 is still under consideration by the Scottish Ministers. The proposed amendment applications are not subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

The amendment applications made to the Scottish Ministers on 13.11.24 seeks consent to amend an amendment to ECU Reference: ECU00004926 for the current project:

Amendment to application ECU Reference: ECU00004926 to sub-divide the site into Parcel A and Parcel B. Parcel A (ECU00004926.1) to comprise 210 MW of BESS with supporting infrastructure and a new 33kV cable to Parcel B (ECU00004926.2), 102 MW of BESS with supporting infrastructure in Parcel B.

A summary of the amendment applications, a copy of the amendment applications, a copy of the original section 36 consent application, and the new application documents including plans showing the lands to which it relates and supporting documents are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

The amendment application documents for application ECU Reference: ECU00004926 can also be viewed at:

www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00004926.

Copies of the Planning Statement may also be obtained from Pegasus Group by emailing leads.admin.team@pegasusgroup.co.uk free of charge. Copies of the application documents can also be viewed and downloaded from the application website at cockenziestorageb.co.uk.

Any representations on the amendment applications may be submitted by email to the Scottish Government via representations@gov.scot or by post to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU, identifying the proposal and specifying the grounds for representation.

Written or emailed representations should be dated, clearly stating the name (in block capitals) and full return email address of those making representations. Emailed representations should also include the full return postal address of those making representations. Only representations sent by email to representations@gov.scot will receive acknowledgement.

Representations should be made not later than 8th January 2025, although Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

All representations and information which is submitted by the developer will be subject to public view. Scottish Ministers may also cause a public inquiry to be held into the amendment applications if they consider it appropriate to do so.

Following consideration of the information, Scottish Ministers will determine these applications in one of the following ways:

• Consent the application, with or without conditions attached; or
• Reject the application.

Further information on the process under the Electricity Act 1989. To support transparency in decision-making, the Scottish Government publishes online at www.energyconsents.scot a privacy notice is published on the help page at www.energyconsents.scot. This explains how the Scottish Government processes your personal information. If you have any concerns about the processing of your personal information by the Scottish Government, please email EnergyConsentsAdmin@gov.scot or write to Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.