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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Lamford Hill

BENBRACK WIND FARM LIMITED at Benbrack Wind Farm 132/33kV Substation

Connection date
31 Aug 2029
Gate
Gate 1
Status
Scoping
Technology
Storage + Solar + Onshore wind
Total capacity
42 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
42 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-001481
In the register since
March 2021

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
10202031 Aug 2029Gate 1Scoping
20224231 Oct 2036Gate 1Scoping

Change history

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

  • 23 Dec 2025 register
    Stage 1: Marked as Gate 1
  • 23 Dec 2025 register
    Stage 2: Marked as Gate 1
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (20 MW from 30 Oct 2026) to 2 stages (20 MW from 31 Aug 2029, 22 MW from 31 Oct 2036). First connection date +34 months
  • 24 Dec 2024 register
    Customer changed from RWE RENEWABLES UK ONSHORE WIND LIMITED to Benbrack Wind Farm Limited
  • 26 Nov 2024 register
    Customer changed from Benbrack Wind Farm Limited to RWE RENEWABLES UK ONSHORE WIND LIMITED
  • 28 Jul 2023 register
    Customer changed from RWE RENEWABLES UK ONSHORE WIND LIMITED to Benbrack Wind Farm Limited
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Lamford Hill 132/33kV Substation to Lamford Hill 132kV/33kV Substation)
  • 30 Jul 2021 register
    Customer changed from RWE RENEWABLES UK DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED to RWE RENEWABLES UK ONSHORE WIND LIMITED
  • 30 Mar 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Benbrack Wind Farm 132/33kV Substation

Substation view

1 other project, 42 MW still to connect at this substation in total.

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