Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom

ABDN Farburn Terrace - Battery grid connection

ABDN Farburn Terrace - Battery grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, held by Balanced Grid Solutions.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceABDN FARBURN TERRACE - BATTERY grid connectionSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationScotland (connects at Dyce)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderBalanced Grid SolutionsSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toFarburn Place - Battery Energy Storage Facility (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.3 km away)Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toDyce GSP (via a grid supply point)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity30 MWSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyBattery storageSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorScottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plcSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date13 Feb 2020SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date11 Sept 2026 (target energisation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates57.2027, -2.1921SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

  1. Permit granted: Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage Facility (planning authority Aberdeen City, reference 210665/DPP)
  2. Permit applied for: Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage Facility (planning authority Aberdeen City, reference 210665/DPP)

How it compares

ABDN Farburn Terrace - Battery grid connection is the 423rd-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 1,333rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.

WithinRankTotalShare
Scotland423rd of 1,19288,894 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,333rd of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data4,846th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Entered the connection queue
  2. Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 216 power plants (67 operating, 1,838 MW), 77 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage FacilityPower plant30 MWUnder construction0.3 km
Dyce North PrimarySubstation——0.7 km
Dyce GSPSubstation——1.5 km
Dyce Energy Storage, Raiths Industrial Estate - Battery FacilityPower plant50 MWOperating1.5 km
Stoneywood (T3) PrimarySubstation——1.6 km
Stoneywood Paper MillPower plant22 MWCancelled1.8 km
BrightsolidData center——5.9 km

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