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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Harestanes West Wind Farm

Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited at Harestanes West Wind Farm 132/33kV

Connection date
1 Sep 2029
Gate
Not stated
Status
Scoping
Planning consent
Application submitted 20 Jan 2025
Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004778 · Source: REPD
Technology
Onshore wind
Total capacity
81 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
81 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-001075
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
1056561 Sep 2029Not statedScoping
2025811 Jul 2035Not statedScoping

Change history

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

  • 29 Aug 2025 register
    Connection point changed from Old Forest of Ae 33kV Substation to Harestanes West Wind Farm 132/33kV
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (56 MW from 31 Oct 2027) to 2 stages (56 MW from 1 Sep 2029, 25 MW from 1 Jul 2035). First connection date +22 months
  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    Renamed from Old Forest of Ae
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Old Forest of Ae 33kV to Old Forest of Ae 33kV Substation)

Also at Harestanes West Wind Farm 132/33kV

Substation view

1 other project, 119 MW still to connect at this substation in total. 38.3 MW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 1 Sep 2029.

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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