Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Barran Caltum Wind grid connection
Barran Caltum Wind grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.14 MW of capacity, held by Barran Caltum Co-Operative Wind Limited.
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 | BARRAN CALTUM WIND grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connection site: TAYNUILT GRID) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (CONNECTED) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Barran Caltum Co-Operative Wind Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Taynuilt Primary (via: primary) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.14 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | 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 |
| Connection date | 30 May 2014 | 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 | 56.5698, -5.3613 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Barran Caltum Wind grid connection is the 1,162nd-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 3,769th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.14 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 | 1,162nd of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,769th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,473rd of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 72 power plants (30 operating, 701 MW) and 49 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcaldine Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Kingairloch | Power plant | 3.5 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Connel Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Kenmore Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Allt Easach Hydro | Power plant | 2 MW | Permitted | 15 km |
| Carnoch Hydro | Power plant | 1.4 MW | Operating | 16 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- CAISO queue report. 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, No restriction on the posted data.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- 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.