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Welcome to Loch Toftingall Battery Energy Storage System

In line with advice from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), in preparing the Climate Change Act 2019, the Scottish Government has set a target date of 2045 for reaching net-zero emissions and raised the ambition of the 2030 and 2040 targets to 70% and 90% emissions reductions respectively.  The Climate Change Act 2019 means that Scotland has the most stringent statutory targets in the world.

The CCC’s advice is that Scotland can now achieve such a target, provided that action is taken to further develop renewable energy assets.

Scotland’s onshore wind capacity will more than double by 2030 under plans to help cut harmful emissions and support the energy sector’s net-zero transformation.

The Scottish Government has recently published its finalised Onshore Wind Policy Statement and confirms its ambitions for 20 Gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind power to be installed by 2030.

However, wind is an intermittent resource and our current grid network cannot manage all of this capacity without further investment in infrastructure and managing mechanisms.  Battery storage helps with the management of wind energy in the national grid.  Following the first round of public consultation, we took the decision to remove the two wind turbines initially proposed and increase the battery storage element.

The project was consented by The Highland Council in November 2024 and is now moving into construction phase.

Community consultation

We are keen to work with the local community. This website aims to share information about the project throughout development and to invite members of the community to get in touch. We would be delighted to hear from you and value your opinion.  Following our Community Open Days, all of the information will be posted on this site here and you can give feedback at any time using [email protected] .

LATEST UPDATE:  Construction Open Day – October 2026

Initial enabling works for the construction of the Loch Toftingall Battery Energy Storage System near Spittal, in Caithness have now started, with the first stage
seeing access tracks to the site constructed. The main site civils works are scheduled start in October and prior to that work starting, the project team, including main contractor, RJ McLeod, invite you including main contractor, RJ McLeod, invite you
to a drop-in session to learn more about the programme and learn about potential opportunities to support the project:

Spittal Village Hall
Thursday 8th October 2026, 1.30pm – 5.00pm

This drop-in session is aimed at local residents who wish to find out more about the construction programme or working in the construction industry, and local contractors who may be able to provide services to the main contractor during the construction period.  If you are not able to make it along on the day, the information panels can be viewed and downloaded from the documents page.