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Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

Strathy South Wind

SSE GENERATION LIMITED at Strathy South 132/33kV Substation

Connection date
30 Sep 2030 +41 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Planning consent
Granted on appeal 27 Apr 2018
Scottish Government (S36), reference EC00003113 · Source: REPD
Contract for Difference
Allocation Round 5
Technology
Onshore wind
Total capacity
208 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
208 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-000183
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 Consents Approved
  • 28 Aug 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 28 May 2027 to 30 Sep 2030 (+40 months)
  • 28 Aug 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 25 Aug 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 25 Apr 2027 to 28 May 2027 (+1 month)
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Dec 2025 to 25 Apr 2027 (+17 months)
  • 28 Sep 2021 register
    Restructured from 3 stages (133 MW from 1 Dec 2025, 25 MW from 1 Dec 2025, 50 MW from 1 Dec 2025) to 1 stage (208 MW from 1 Dec 2025)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 12 Jan 2025 to 1 Dec 2025 (+11 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 12 Jan 2025 to 1 Dec 2025 (+11 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Stage 3: Connection date moved from 12 Jan 2025 to 1 Dec 2025 (+11 months)

Also at Strathy South 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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