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Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

Bilbo Farm

LEL BILBO SOLAR LIMITED at Strichen 132/33kV GSP Substation

Connection date
30 Jun 2024 −4 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Under Construction/Commissioning
Technology
Storage + Solar
Total capacity
67.1 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
67.1 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Embedded
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-001301
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
10252530 Jun 2024Gate 2Under Construction/Commissioning
2042.167.131 Oct 2033Gate 2Scoping

Change history

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

  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2024 to 30 Jun 2024 (−4 months)
  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Gate marking removed (was Gate 2)
  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Stage 1: Status changed from Scoping to Under Construction/Commissioning
  • 25 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 1: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 14 Aug 2026 register
    Connection point changed from Strichen GSP to Strichen 132/33kV GSP Substation
  • 14 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 2: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 28 Mar 2025 register
    Stage 1: Technology changed from Solar to Storage, Solar
  • 28 Mar 2025 register
    Stage 2: Technology changed from Solar to Storage, Solar
  • 29 Dec 2023 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (25 MW from 1 May 2021) to 2 stages (25 MW from 31 Oct 2024, 42.1 MW from 31 Oct 2033). First connection date +42 months
  • 30 Jun 2022 register
    Customer changed from GEA BILBO LIMITED to LEL BILBO SOLAR LIMITED
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Strichen to Strichen GSP)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 5 Jan 2021 to 1 May 2021 (+4 months)

Also at Strichen 132/33kV GSP 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