Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Clayfords Energy Storage grid connection
Clayfords Energy Storage grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, held by Intelligent Land Investments Group.
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 | CLAYFORDS ENERGY STORAGE grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Strichen 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 |
| Holder | Intelligent Land Investments Group | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Strichen Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Electricity Sub Station, Strichen - Battery Storage Facility (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.88 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 8 Nov 2021 | 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 | 57.5830, -2.0592 | 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.
- Permit granted: Electricity Sub Station, Strichen - Battery Storage Facility (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2021/2556)
- Permit applied for: Electricity Sub Station, Strichen - Battery Storage Facility (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2021/2556)
How it compares
Clayfords Energy Storage grid connection is the 261st-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 904th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 261st of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 904th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,270th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 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: 176 power plants (55 operating, 422 MW), 59 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strichen GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Strichen Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Electricity Sub Station, Strichen - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Strichen North | Power plant | 25 MW | Cancelled | 1.5 km |
| Strichen Solar Project, Clayfords Farm - Solar Panels | Power plant | 6 MW | Permitted | 1.7 km |
| Mintlaw Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.