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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Windy Standard III Wind Farm

Windy Standard III Limited at Dun Hill 132/33kV

Connection date
1 Jun 2026
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Technology
Onshore wind
Total capacity
87.6 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
87.6 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-000359
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
1043.543.51 Jun 2026Gate 2Consents Approved
2044.187.631 Oct 2027Gate 2Consents Approved

Change history

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

  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Stage 1: Status changed from Awaiting Consents to Consents Approved
  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Awaiting Consents to Consents Approved
  • 23 Jun 2026 register
    Stage 1: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 23 Jun 2026 register
    Stage removed (10.5 MW from 1 Jun 2026)
  • 19 Jun 2026 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 42 MW to 44.1 MW
  • 19 Jun 2026 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 1 Jun 2026 to 31 Oct 2027 (+17 months)
  • 19 Jun 2026 register
    Stage 2: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 30 Jun 2024 to 1 Jun 2026 (+23 months)
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 30 Jun 2024 to 1 Jun 2026 (+23 months)
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Stage 3: Connection date moved from 30 Jun 2029 to 1 Jun 2026 (−37 months)
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Customer changed from Brockloch Rig III Ltd to Windy Standard III Ltd
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Dun Hill 132/33kV Substation to Dun Hill 132/33kV)
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Customer changed from WINDY STANDARD III LIMITED to Brockloch Rig III Ltd
  • 29 Nov 2022 register
    Customer changed from BROCKLOCH RIG III LIMITED to WINDY STANDARD III LIMITED
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    New stage added (42 MW from 30 Jun 2024)
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    New stage added (10.5 MW from 30 Jun 2029)
  • 30 Mar 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 28 Apr 2023 to 30 Jun 2024 (+14 months)

Also at Dun Hill 132/33kV

Substation view

2 other projects, 110 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