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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Glenmuckloch Pumped Storage

GLENMUCKLOCH PUMPED STORAGE HYDRO LIMITED at Glenmuckloch 132kV Substation

Connection date
18 May 2029
Gate
Not stated
Status
Consents Approved
Technology
Pumped storage
Total capacity
210 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
210 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-000299
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.

  • 30 May 2025 register
    Connection point changed from Glenmuckloch 132/33kV to Glenmuckloch 132kV Substation
  • 30 May 2025 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Oct 2028 to 18 May 2029 (+8 months)
  • 24 Dec 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Jun 2027 to 1 Oct 2028 (+15 months)
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Glenmuckloch 132kV/33kV Substation to Glenmuckloch 132/33kV)
  • 28 Jun 2024 register
    Connection point changed from Glenmuckloch 132kV Substation to Glenmuckloch 132kV/33kV Substation
  • 31 Mar 2023 register
    Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2026 to 30 Jun 2027 (+8 months)
  • 29 Jul 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 30 May 2025 to 31 Oct 2026 (+17 months)
  • 30 Apr 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Apr 2024 to 30 May 2025 (+13 months)

Also at Glenmuckloch 132kV Substation

Substation view

2 other projects, 668 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