Welcome to the Energy Consents Unit Portal
Scottish Ministers decide on applications to build, operate or modify onshore electricity generating stations over 50 megawatts (MW), such as wind, solar, battery and hydropower. Ministers also decide applications on overhead power lines, large oil and gas pipelines, and related infrastructure. These applications are administered by the Energy Consents Unit.
This portal allows you to:
• View and search energy infrastructure applications
• Submit representations on live consultations
Important Notice: Planned Portal Unavailability
Our online portal will be unavailable on the 10th, 11th and 12th of November 2026 while we undertake a scheduled migration to a new cloud-based platform.
This work is being carried out to improve the resilience, security and future performance of the Portal.
Where public consultations are affected, deadlines have been extended to ensure all participants continue to have the full opportunity to engage.
We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience while these improvements are completed.
For urgent enquiries please contact us at Econsents_Admin@gov.scot
Further information
For more information about the Energy Consents Unit, visit:
Energy consents - Energy infrastructure - gov.scot
Where to view other applications:
• Applications for smaller onshore stations (50 MW or under) are decided by the local planning authority: tellmescotland.
• Applications for marine energy infrastructure – including offshore wind, wave, tidal energy and sub-sea cables: Marine Scotland.
• Applications referred to DPEA: Scottish Government - Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA).