Published: 23 Feb 2021, 15:19 By: Editor of Energy-Storage.News ILI Group is working towards a 1GW portfolio of battery storage and around 2GW of pumped hydro, including a project for Loch Ness (pictured). Image: Wikimedia user Ben Buxton. Planning consent has been granted for a 50MW battery energy storage project in Aberdeenshire for developer Intelligent Land Investments Group (ILI Group). ILI said in a press release sent to Solar Power Portal that Aberdeenshire Council Garioch Area planning committee approved its proposed project at Fordham Farm in the Aberdeenshire town of Kintore, today. The company began in residential property development before diversifying into clean energy projects, spending several years brokering land deals for wind farms. ILI said that it is planning a 1GW portfolio of battery storage in total, while CEO Mark Wilson said it has 250MW of battery storage already consented, as well as 300MW in planning and 500MW still at pre-planning stages.