Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Ness of Quoys Offshore grid connection
Ness of Quoys Offshore grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14.2 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 | NESS OF QUOYS OFFSHORE grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Thurso South Grid) | 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 |
| Attached to | Thurso South GSP (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14.2 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Marine | 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 |
| Connection date | 11 May 2016 | 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 | 58.6336, -3.1211 | 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.
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Ness of Quoys Offshore grid connection is the 636th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 1,947th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14.2 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 | 636th of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,947th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,767th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 122 power plants (32 operating, 522 MW) and 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tresdale Farm wind cluster | Power plant | 6.9 MW | Cancelled | 0.3 km |
| Hill of Stroupster | Power plant | 36 MW | Cancelled | 3.2 km |
| Hollandmey Renewable Energy Development | Power plant | 15 MW | Permitted | 5.6 km |
| Hastigrow Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Wick Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Flotta Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 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.
- 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.