Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom

Mybster BESS Farm grid connection

Mybster BESS Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 61.5 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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceMYBSTER BESS FARM grid connectionSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationScotland (connects at Mybster Grid)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity61.5 MWSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyBattery storageSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorScottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plcSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date15 Nov 2024SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date15 Nov 2025 (target energisation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates58.4659, -3.4260SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Mybster BESS Farm grid connection is the 134th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 664th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 61.5 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
Scotland134th of 1,19288,894 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom664th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data3,807th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Entered the connection queue
  2. Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 119 power plants (32 operating, 1,472 MW) and 19 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Spittal Mains Quarry - Battery storagePower plant49.9 MWPermitted0.2 km
Spittal Mains, Spittal - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant300 MWPlanned0.2 km
Mybster Farm, Watten - Battery StoragePower plant19.8 MWCancelled1.5 km
Mybster 2 GSPSubstation——2.1 km
Mybster 1 GSPSubstation——2.2 km
Halkirk PrimarySubstation——5.6 km

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