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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Benbrack Wind Farm

BENBRACK WIND FARM LIMITED at Benbrack Wind Farm 132/33kV Substation

Connection date
Connected
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Planning consent
Granted on appeal 15 Sep 2017
Scottish Government (S36), reference EC00002082 · Source: REPD
Contract for Difference
Allocation Round 6
Technology
Onshore wind
Total capacity
72 MW
Connected now
72 MW
Still to connect
0 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-000032
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Change history

Every change to this project across 151 registers from 29 Jan 2021 to 5 Nov 2026.

  • 21 Nov 2025 register
    72 MW now connected
  • 21 Nov 2025 register
    Status changed from Awaiting Consents to Built
  • 26 Mar 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 30 May 2024 to 30 Jan 2025 (+8 months)
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Benbrack 33kV Substation to Benbrack Wind Farm 132/33kV Substation
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Customer changed from RWE RENEWABLES UK DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED to Benbrack Wind Farm Limited
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 30 May 2023 to 30 May 2024 (+12 months)

Also at Benbrack Wind Farm 132/33kV Substation

Substation view

1 other project, 42 MW still to connect at this substation in total.

Status definitions (NESO)

Scoping: NESO is not aware that a planning application has been made.

Awaiting Consents: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that a planning application has been made.

Consents Approved: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that the planning application has been approved.

Terminated: used by NESO only in its register of 30 April 2021, for two projects that left the register the next month.

These statuses are NESO’s, not QueueWatch’s, and NESO describes them as “as far as we are aware”, so a project may be further along than its status shows.

Source: NESO

Planning consent

The planning decision or stage for this project, from DESNZ’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), July 2026 edition, with the planning authority and its reference. QueueWatch matched the project to that record. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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Contract for Difference

The Contracts for Difference allocation round for this project, from DESNZ’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), July 2026 edition. QueueWatch matched the project to that record.

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