Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Bettyhill Wind Farm grid connection
Bettyhill Wind Farm grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, held by Bettyhill Wind Energy Ltd.
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 | BETTYHILL WIND FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Dounreay) | 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 | Bettyhill Wind Energy Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Phase 1 Bettyhill Wind Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.28 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Dounreay GSP (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 58.5356, -4.1947 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Phase 1 Bettyhill Wind Farm
- Permit granted: Phase 1 Bettyhill Wind Farm (planning authority Highland, reference 07/00448/FULSU)
- Permit applied for: Phase 1 Bettyhill Wind Farm (planning authority Highland, reference 07/00448/FULSU)
How it compares
Bettyhill Wind Farm grid connection is the 809th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 2,582nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 809th of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,582nd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,544th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 74 power plants (14 operating, 408 MW) and 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 Bettyhill Wind Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Bettyhill Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Cairnview, Bettyhill | Power plant | 48 MW | Permitted | 3.3 km |
| Armadale Wind Farm | Power plant | 42 MW | Cancelled | 7.0 km |
| Coldbackie Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Melvich Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.