Drumfad Battery Storage System
SPEN Embedded Capacity Register >1MW, September 2026 edition
Site, company and substation names are shown as they appear in the registers, including capitalisation.
- Target energisation date
- 30 Oct 2027
- Status
- Accepted to connect
- Customer
- Capbal
- Site name
- Drumfad Battery Storage System
- Address
- Land North East Of Blackhill, Luss Road, Argyll And Bute, Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, G84 9EE
- Grid reference
- Easting 231381, northing 684279
- Licence area
- Central and Southern Scotland (SPD)
- Grid supply point
- Helensburgh
- Bulk supply point
- Not stated
- Primary substation
- Not stated
- Connection voltage
- 33 kV
- Technology group
- Storage
- Energy source 1
- Stored Energy, Storage - Electrochemical (Batteries): 43.56 MW registered
- Registered capacity
- 43.56 MW
- Change to maximum export capacity
- 39.9 MW
- Change to maximum import capacity
- 39.9 MW
- Flexible connection
- Yes
- In a connection queue
- Yes
- Date accepted
- 6 May 2022
- Date connected
- Not stated
- Distribution reinforcement reference
- Not published by SPEN
- Transmission reinforcement reference
- SPT-RI-2148, SPT-RI-2625, SPT-RI-2691, SPT-RI-2791
- Export MPAN
- Not stated
- Import MPAN
- Not stated
- Last updated
- 14 Jul 2020
- Tracked since
- March 2026 edition
Change history
Tracked since the March 2026 edition, across 7 editions.
Changes to its status, capacity, technology or customer, newest first.
No change to its status, capacity, technology or customer.
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