RES is exploring the potential for a battery energy storage system on land north of Killoch Colliery between the villages of Coalhall and Ochiltree, approximately 9km west of Cumnock. 

Battery energy storage helps support the network operator by storing energy at times when generation exceeds demand and releasing electricity back to the grid network when demand exceeds generation, thus creating a more stable and secure electricity system. Increasing the installed capacity of energy storage is essential to enabling and accelerating the rollout of zero carbon energy to support Scotland's net-zero emissions target.

As part of our pre-application consultation, we held our first public exhibition in the local area on Wednesday 4 December 2024, to present preliminary plans for the energy storage project. To see all the information presented at this exhibition, click here.

We then held a second exhibition on Wednesday 26 February 2025 to further discuss the proposal and answer any further questions ahead of submitting the project for planning later this year. To see more information on the second exhibition, click here.