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Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

Limekiln

Limekiln Extension Limited at Limekilns 132/33kV substation

Connection date
1 Dec 2030
Gate
Gate 1
Status
Scoping
Technology
Storage + Onshore wind
Total capacity
167 MW
Connected now
106 MW
Still to connect
61 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-000515
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
11060106NoneNot statedBuilt
20611671 Dec 2030Gate 1Scoping

Change history

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

  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Consents Approved to Scoping
  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Marked as Gate 1
  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (106 MW from 30 Apr 2024) to 2 stages (61 MW from 1 Dec 2030, 106 MW connected). First connection date +79 months
  • 29 Aug 2025 register
    Technology changed from Onshore wind to Storage, Onshore wind
  • 31 Oct 2023 register
    Customer changed from LIMEKILN GRID LIMITED to Limekiln Extension Limited
  • 28 Sep 2021 register
    Restructured from 2 stages (84 MW from 1 Oct 2022, 22 MW from 31 Oct 2027) to 1 stage (106 MW from 30 Apr 2024). First connection date +19 months
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 10 Jan 2022 to 1 Oct 2022 (+9 months)

Also at Limekilns 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