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Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

Strathy Wood Wind Farm

RWE Renewables UK Onshore Wind Limited at Strathy Wood 132/33kV Substation

Connection date
31 Dec 2029 +39 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Planning consent
Granted 8 Dec 2021
Scottish Government (S36), reference EC00005239 · Source: REPD
Contract for Difference
Allocation Round 5
Technology
Onshore wind
Total capacity
63.5 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
63.5 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-000154
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.

  • 5 Oct 2026 register
    Restructured from 2 stages (54.4 MW from 31 Dec 2029, 9.1 MW from 31 Dec 2029) to 1 stage (63.5 MW from 31 Dec 2029)
  • 1 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 30 Sep 2026 to 31 Dec 2029 (+39 months)
  • 1 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 1 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 30 Sep 2026 to 31 Dec 2029 (+39 months)
  • 1 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 22 May 2026 register
    Renamed from Strathy Wood
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 1 May 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 (+17 months)
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage 1: Status changed from Awaiting Consents to Consents Approved
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 Aug 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 (+13 months)
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 30 Jul 2021 register
    Customer changed from RWE RENEWABLES UK DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED to RWE RENEWABLES UK ONSHORE WIND LIMITED
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (54.4 MW from 5 Jan 2024) to 2 stages (54.4 MW from 1 May 2025, 9.1 MW from 31 Aug 2025). First connection date +16 months

Also at Strathy Wood 132/33kV Substation

Substation view

No other projects in the register at this connection point.

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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