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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Almondell Lodge BESS & Solar Development

BROXBURN ENERGY STORAGE LIMITED at Broxburn 132/33kV

Connection date
Connected
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Built
Technology
Storage
Total capacity
50 MW
Connected now
50 MW
Still to connect
0 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Embedded
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-001667
In the register since
November 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?

Change history

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

  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    50 MW now connected
  • 19 Jun 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 29 May 2026 register
    Status changed from Under Construction/Commissioning to Built
  • 22 May 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Jun 2026 to 30 Apr 2024 (−26 months)
  • 5 May 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Apr 2024 to 30 Jun 2026 (+26 months)
  • 5 May 2026 register
    Status changed from Built to Under Construction/Commissioning
  • 5 May 2026 register
    Technology changed from Storage, Solar to Storage
  • 20 Mar 2026 register
    Status changed from Consents Approved to Built
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Customer changed from SIRIUS ECODEV (BROXBURN) LTD to BROXBURN ENERGY STORAGE LIMITED
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Broxburn GSP to Broxburn 132/33kV)
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Status changed from Awaiting Consents to Consents Approved
  • 28 Apr 2023 register
    Customer changed from SIRIUS RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD to SIRIUS ECODEV (BROXBURN) LTD
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Broxburn 132/33kV to Broxburn GSP)
  • 28 Oct 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Broxburn to Broxburn 132/33kV)
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Broxburn 132/33kV

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