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Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

Hesta Head

HESTA HEAD WIND FARM LIMITED at Finstown (Orkney) GSP

Connection date
6 Apr 2029
Gate
Not stated
Status
Scoping
Planning consent
Granted on appeal 18 Apr 2019
Orkney Islands, reference 17/083/TPPMAJ · Source: REPD
Contract for Difference
Allocation Round 3
Technology
Onshore wind
Total capacity
20.4 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
20.4 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Embedded
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-005100
In the register since
June 2025

Change history

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

  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Added to the register

Also at Finstown (Orkney) GSP

Substation view

1 other project, 36.7 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

Planning consent

The planning decision or stage for this project, from DESNZ’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), July 2026 edition, with the planning authority and its reference. QueueWatch matched the project to that record. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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Contract for Difference

The Contracts for Difference allocation round for this project, from DESNZ’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), July 2026 edition. QueueWatch matched the project to that record.

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