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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

HECWE Dungavel Wind Farm

Spirebush Ltd at Spirebush 132kV Substation

Connection date
1 Jul 2028
Gate
Not stated
Status
Awaiting Consents
Technology
Storage + Solar + Onshore wind
Total capacity
400 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
400 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-001692
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.

  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Renamed from Hagshaw Energy Cluster Western Expansion
  • 26 Nov 2024 register
    Renamed from Spirebush Renewable Energy Project
  • 29 Dec 2023 register
    Connection point changed from Glenmuckloch 132kV Substation to Spirebush 132kV Substation
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Spirebush 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