Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Brackenhills Wind grid connection
Brackenhills Wind grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.3 MW of capacity, held by Ringlink (Scotland) 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 | BRACKENHILLS WIND grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Portsoy) | 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 | Ringlink (Scotland) Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Portsoy Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Brackenhills Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.72 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.3 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 | 57.6231, -2.7079 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Brackenhills Wind grid connection is the 988th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 3,243rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.3 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 | 988th of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,243rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,935th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 204 power plants (65 operating, 1,748 MW) and 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brackenhills Farm | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Cancelled | 0.7 km |
| Muirake | Power plant | 4.6 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Lodge Hill | Power plant | 6.9 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| Portsoy Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Marnoch Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Cullen Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.3 km |
Holder, 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.
- 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.