QueueWatchby QueueQuant Price my project Get the plan that holds up best for your site, and where that answer flips.
Delays and exits in the transmission queue since 2021How often connection dates move, and how many projects leave the queue. Gate 2 in the transmission queueHow much of the queue has a Gate 2 offer, and what it did to connection dates. The battery queue and CMP470’s commitment feeHow far the battery queue sits above the line that would switch CMP470’s commitment fee off. Changes of customer in the transmission queueHow often connection agreements move between companies, and how those projects fared. Do projects connect on time?How late stages have connected against their connection date in the register. Which connection dates slip least?Which connection dates are pushed back least, allowing for how far ahead they are. Grid outages and the connections due by 2030How many of their planned outages the transmission owners carry out, against the connections due by 2030.

More analyses are on the way.

Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

Earba PSH

EARBA LIMITED at Earba PSH Powerhouse Substation

Connection date
31 Dec 2032
Gate
Not stated
Status
Consents Approved
Technology
Pumped storage
Total capacity
1,800 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
1,800 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-004030
In the register since
January 2024

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
1060060031 Dec 2032Not statedConsents Approved
201,2001,80031 Oct 2035Not statedConsents Approved

Change history

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

  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2029 to 31 Dec 2032 (+38 months)
  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    Stage 1: Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 900 MW to 1,200 MW
  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Customer changed from GILKES ENERGY LIMITED to EARBA LIMITED
  • 26 Apr 2024 register
    Customer changed from EARBA LIMITED to GILKES ENERGY LIMITED
  • 26 Mar 2024 register
    Customer changed from GILKES ENERGY LIMITED to EARBA LIMITED
  • 27 Feb 2024 register
    Renamed from Dunstable
  • 27 Feb 2024 register
    Customer changed from Connectid 9 Limited to GILKES ENERGY LIMITED
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Added to the register

Also at Earba PSH Powerhouse 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