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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Pencloe Windfarm

PENCLOE WIND ENERGY LIMITED at Pencloe 132/33kV Substation

Connection date
1 Apr 2028
Gate
Gate 1
Status
Scoping
Technology
Storage + Onshore wind
Total capacity
115 MW
Connected now
81 MW
Still to connect
34 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-000323
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
181081NoneGate 2Built
20341151 Apr 2028Gate 1Scoping

Change history

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

  • 13 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Consents Approved to Scoping
  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Awaiting Consents to Consents Approved
  • 1 Sep 2026 register
    Stage 1: Technology changed from Storage, Onshore wind to Onshore wind
  • 25 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 1: 81 MW now connected
  • 25 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 1: Capacity changed from 85 MW to 81 MW
  • 25 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 1: Status changed from Consents Approved to Built
  • 25 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 1: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 25 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 2: Marked as Gate 1
  • 31 Jan 2025 register
    Stage 1: Technology changed from Onshore wind to Storage, Onshore wind
  • 31 Jan 2025 register
    Stage 2: Technology changed from Onshore wind to Storage, Onshore wind
  • 28 Jun 2024 register
    Stage 1: Capacity changed from 81 MW to 85 MW
  • 28 Jun 2024 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 1 Jul 2024 to 1 Jul 2025 (+12 months)
  • 28 Jun 2024 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 38 MW to 34 MW
  • 28 Jun 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2026 to 1 Apr 2028 (+24 months)
  • 28 Feb 2023 register
    Stage 1: Capacity changed from 79.8 MW to 81 MW
  • 28 Feb 2023 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Jan 2024 to 1 Jul 2024 (+5 months)
  • 28 Feb 2023 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 16.2 MW to 38 MW
  • 28 Feb 2023 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 15 Aug 2025 to 1 Apr 2026 (+8 months)
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Pencloe 132/33kV to Pencloe 132/33kV Substation)
  • 30 Aug 2022 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 30 Jun 2023 to 31 Jan 2024 (+7 months)
  • 30 Aug 2022 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 29 Oct 2024 to 15 Aug 2025 (+10 months)
  • 30 Apr 2021 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 30 Jun 2022 to 30 Jun 2023 (+12 months)

Also at Pencloe 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