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Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

Clashindarroch 2

VATTENFALL WIND POWER LTD at Cairnford GSP

Connection date
4 Jun 2027 +9 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Under Construction/Commissioning
Planning consent
Granted on appeal 26 Jun 2023
Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00002002 · Source: REPD
Contract for Difference
Allocation Round 6
Technology
Onshore wind
Total capacity
63 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
63 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Embedded
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-000041
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.

  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Under Construction/Commissioning
  • 14 Jul 2026 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (77 MW from 31 Aug 2026) to 1 stage (63 MW from 4 Jun 2027). First connection date +9 months
  • 26 Apr 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Apr 2025 to 31 Aug 2026 (+16 months)
  • 26 Apr 2024 register
    Technology changed from Onshore wind to Storage, Onshore wind
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Cairnford to Cairnford GSP)
  • 30 Mar 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Apr 2024 to 30 Apr 2025 (+12 months)

Also at Cairnford GSP

Substation view

2 other projects, 146 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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