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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Harestanes

Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited at Harestanes West Wind Farm 132/33kV

Connection date
31 Mar 2028
Gate
Not stated
Status
Under Construction/Commissioning
Planning consent
Granted 20 Dec 2019
Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00001870 · Source: REPD
Technology
Storage + Onshore wind
Total capacity
163 MW
Connected now
125 MW
Still to connect
38.3 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-000064
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

What would CMP470’s commitment fee do to a battery like this? See the use case: Will CMP470’s commitment fee clear the battery queue?

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
11250125NoneNot statedBuilt
2038.3163.331 Mar 2028Not statedUnder Construction/Commissioning

Change history

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

  • 29 Aug 2025 register
    Connection point changed from Harestanes 132/33kV to Harestanes West Wind Farm 132/33kV
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Stage 1: Technology changed from Onshore wind to Storage, Onshore wind
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Stage 2: Technology changed from Onshore wind to Storage, Onshore wind
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Connection point changed from Harestanes 132kV Substation to Harestanes 132/33kV
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 1 Mar 2025 to 31 Mar 2028 (+37 months)
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Harestanes to Harestanes 132kV Substation)
  • 28 Oct 2022 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2022 to 1 Mar 2025 (+35 months)
  • 28 Jan 2022 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 1 Nov 2021 to 1 Apr 2022 (+5 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 11 Jan 2021 to 1 Nov 2021 (+10 months)

Also at Harestanes West Wind Farm 132/33kV

Substation view

1 other project, 119 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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