Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Balgonie Farm BESS 49.9MW grid connection
Balgonie Farm BESS 49.9MW grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | BALGONIE FARM BESS 49.9MW grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Abernethy Grid) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Abernethy Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 2 Jul 2024 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2033 (target energisation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.3477, -3.2984 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Balgonie Farm BESS 49.9MW grid connection is the 219th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 803rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 219th of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 803rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,800th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 309 power plants (69 operating, 1,055 MW), 66 substations and 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamesfield Organic Centre - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Newburgh Road, Abernethy - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Jamesfield Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 0.4 km |
| Abernethy Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Abernethy GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Errol Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.