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We warmly welcome you to our new website about the proposal for the Pittlesheugh Farm Battery Energy Storage System.
The proposed Pittlesheugh Farm Battery Energy Storage System is a battery energy storage system (BESS) located on an area of farmland to the south of the A697 and 1.4km north of Eccles and 8.5km west of Coldstream.
The Battery Energy Storage System project will consist of circa 100 energy storage containers with a total storage capacity of over 300 Megawatts and will be connected by an underground cable to the nearby Eccles Substation.
The proposal also includes electrical control buildings, transformers and switchgear within the site.
The Developer is local landowner Will Ramsay, whose family lives at Pittlesheugh Farm. Will Ramsay is involved in the local community, sitting on the Committee of the Berwickshire Civic Society, as Chair of Berwickshire Races, as Chair of local charity Admiral Ramsay Museum, and as a Trustee of Paxton House Trust. Previously, he initiated and chaired a charitable community pub committee, to save The Plough, Leitholm.
Updated plans and 3D visualisations
Viewpoint 1, August 2023
Viewpoint 1, just after construction phase, including grass cover on the banking which hides all of the batteries
Viewpoint 1, zoomed in to show the hidden batteries and visible tops of the transformers until the trees grow.
Viewpoint 1, after the trees have growna few feet high
Viewpoint 2, August 2023
Viewpoint 2, just after the construction phase, with grass cover on the banking which hides all of this site. Crosshall Farm is seen in the distance; it is over 450m from the compound.
Viewpoint 3, August 2023.
Viewpoint 3, just after the construction phase, with grass cover on the banking which hides most of the site.
Viewpoint 3, zoomed in to show that most batteries are hidden, the hidden batteries and visible tops of the transformers until the trees grow.
Viewpoint 3, after the trees have grown a few feet high.
Viewpoint 4, August 2023
Viewpoint 4, just after the construction phase, with grass cover on the banking which hides most of the site
Viewpoint 4, zoomed in to show that all of the batteries and transformers are hidden
Viewpoint 4, after the tree have grown a few feet high
Contour map showing how we have lowered the site in the field, and increased bankings to hide the BESS
Map showing four key viewpoints. 3D renderings added to photos from these viewpoints are overleaf.