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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

WindyHill Energy Storage Facility

Windyhill Grid 1 LTD at Windyhill 132kV

Connection date
31 Dec 2027 +28 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Technology
Storage
Total capacity
200 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
200 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-001696
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.

  • 23 Jun 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 27 Aug 2025 to 31 Dec 2027 (+28 months)
  • 23 Jun 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 23 Jun 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 23 Dec 2025 register
    Connection point changed from Windyhill 275/132kV to Windyhill 132kV
  • 21 Nov 2025 register
    Customer changed from ENERGYGRIDPOWER LTD to Windyhill Grid 1 LTD
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Jul 2024 to 27 Aug 2025 (+13 months)
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Connection point changed from Windy Hill Grid 132kV Substation to Windyhill 275/132kV
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Windy Hill Grid 132kV to Windy Hill Grid 132kV Substation)
  • 30 Jun 2022 register
    Capacity changed from 150 MW to 200 MW
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Windyhill 132kV

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