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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Ayrshire Grid Services Facility

HUNTERSTON GRID 3 LTD at Ayrshire Grid 400kV Collector Substation

Connection date
24 Mar 2028 (0 MW)
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Technology
Reactive compensation
Total capacity
0 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
0 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-001090
In the register since
November 2021

Change history

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

  • 16 Jun 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 23 Mar 2028 to 24 Mar 2028 (1 day later)
  • 12 Jun 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 23 Mar 2026 to 23 Mar 2028 (+24 months)
  • 12 Jun 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 12 Jun 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 5 Jun 2026 register
    Connection point changed from Hunterston East 400kV substation to Ayrshire Grid 400kV Collector Substation
  • 24 Feb 2026 register
    Customer changed from FLEXIBLEGRIDPOWER LTD to HUNTERSTON GRID 3 LTD
  • 29 Aug 2025 register
    Connection date moved from 3 Sep 2025 to 23 Mar 2026 (+7 months)
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 29 Mar 2024 to 3 Sep 2025 (+17 months)
  • 28 Apr 2023 register
    Connection date moved from 29 Apr 2024 to 29 Mar 2024 (−1 month)
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Ayrshire Grid 400kV Collector 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