Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Luggies Knowe grid connection
Luggies Knowe grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4.2 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 | LUGGIES KNOWE grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Gremista) | 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 | Luggies Knowe, Hill Of Gremista - Wind Turbines & Battery Storage (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.33 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.2 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 |
| Queue date | 26 Aug 2026 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 26 Aug 2027 (target energisation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 60.1767, -1.1578 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its grid operator.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the grid operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Luggies Knowe, Hill Of Gremista - Wind Turbines & Battery Storage (planning authority Shetland Islands, reference 2024/006/PPF)
- Permit applied for: Luggies Knowe, Hill Of Gremista - Wind Turbines & Battery Storage (planning authority Shetland Islands, reference 2024/006/PPF)
How it compares
Luggies Knowe grid connection is the 881st-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 2,805th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.2 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 | 881st of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,805th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,785th 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: 16 power plants (5 operating, 452 MW) and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luggies Knowe, Hill Of Gremista - Wind Turbines & Battery Storage | Power plant | 5 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| Shetland Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 70 MW | Under construction | 0.7 km |
| Northern Isles New Energy Solution (NINES) 1 | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Shetland / Gremista | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Lerwick Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Scalloway Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
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.
- 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.