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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Cumberhead West Wind Farm

CUMBERHEAD WEST WIND FARM LTD. at Cumberhead 33kV

Connection date
Connected
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Planning consent
Granted 18 Nov 2021
Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00002171 · Source: REPD
Contract for Difference
Allocation Round 4
Technology
Onshore wind
Total capacity
114 MW
Connected now
114 MW
Still to connect
0 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-000423
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.

  • 7 Jul 2026 register
    114 MW now connected
  • 7 Jul 2026 register
    Gate marking removed (was Gate 2)
  • 3 Jul 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 31 Jul 2025 to 8 Dec 2025 (+4 months)
  • 3 Jul 2026 register
    Status changed from Awaiting Consents to Built
  • 3 Jul 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 28 Feb 2025 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Nov 2024 to 31 Jul 2025 (+9 months)
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Connection point changed from Cumberhead West GSP to Cumberhead 33kV
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Cumberhead West to Cumberhead West GSP)
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    Capacity changed from 100 MW to 114 MW
  • 30 Jul 2021 register
    Connection point changed from Cumberhead to Cumberhead West
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 11 Jan 2024 to 1 Nov 2024 (+10 months)

Also at Cumberhead 33kV

Substation view

1 other project, 0 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

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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