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Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

Keith 132 Greener Grid Park

KEITH STORAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED at Keith 132kV Substation

Connection date
1 Apr 2029 +46 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Under Construction/Commissioning
Technology
Storage + Reactive compensation
Total capacity
48 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
48 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-001129
In the register since
November 2021

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Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
1000NoneNot statedBuilt
2048481 Apr 2029Gate 2Under Construction/Commissioning

Change history

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

  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Consents Approved to Under Construction/Commissioning
  • 28 Jul 2026 register
    Connection point changed from Keith 1 132/33kV GSP Substation to Keith 132kV Substation
  • 28 Jul 2026 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 May 2025 to 1 Apr 2029 (+46 months)
  • 28 Jul 2026 register
    Stage 2: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Stage 1: Technology changed from Storage to Storage, Reactive compensation
  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Stage 2: Technology changed from Storage to Storage, Reactive compensation
  • 28 Mar 2025 register
    Stage 1: Technology changed from Storage, Reactive compensation to Storage
  • 28 Mar 2025 register
    Stage 2: Technology changed from Storage, Reactive compensation to Storage
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 May 2024 to 31 May 2025 (+12 months)
  • 28 Jul 2023 register
    Connection point changed from Keith Compensation 132kV Substation to Keith 1 132/33kV GSP Substation
  • 28 Jul 2023 register
    Stage 1: Technology changed from Reactive compensation to Storage, Reactive compensation
  • 28 Jul 2023 register
    Stage 2: Technology changed from Reactive compensation to Storage, Reactive compensation
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Renamed from Keith 132 Sync. Compensation
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Stage 2: 48 MW no longer connected
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 0 MW to 48 MW
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Stage 2: Connection date set to 31 May 2024
  • 30 May 2023 register
    Stage 2: 48 MW now connected
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Keith Compensation Substation 132kV to Keith Compensation 132kV Substation)
  • 31 Dec 2021 register
    New stage added (48 MW from 31 Jan 2023)
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Keith 132kV 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