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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Dunlaw Extension

Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited at Dunlaw Extension 132/33kV

Connection date
Increase at an existing station: +126 MW from 1 Apr 2032
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Technology
Onshore wind
Total capacity
156 MW
Connected now
29.8 MW
Still to connect
126 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-000061
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.

  • 31 Jan 2025 register
    Capacity changed from 0 MW to 126 MW
  • 31 Jan 2025 register
    Connection date set to 1 Apr 2032
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Connection point changed from Dunlaw Extension 132kV Substation to Dunlaw Extension 132/33kV
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Dunlaw Extension to Dunlaw Extension 132kV Substation)
  • 31 Dec 2021 register
    Renamed from Dun Law Ext Repower
  • 31 Aug 2021 register
    Renamed from Dunlaw Extension

Also at Dunlaw Extension 132/33kV

Substation view

1 other project, 179 MW still to connect at this substation in total. 53 MW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 1 Apr 2032.

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