Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom

Nether Aden Farm grid connection

Nether Aden Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 30.4 MW of capacity, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric.

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 sourceNETHER ADEN FARM grid connectionSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationScotland (connects at Strichen 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
Attached toStrichen Primary (via a primary substation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity30.4 MWSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologySolarSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorScottish Hydro ElectricSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date13 Dec 2024SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date3 Dec 2029 (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
Coordinates57.5200, -2.0101SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Nether Aden Farm grid connection is the 418th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 1,326th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30.4 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
Scotland418th of 1,19288,894 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,326th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data4,838th 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. Due to connect

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 184 power plants (55 operating, 1,607 MW), 68 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Mintlaw PrimarySubstation——1.7 km
West Knock Wind ClusterPower plant2.4 MWOperating2.8 km
Flushing, Longside - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant400 MWPlanned6.0 km
Upper Kinknockie Wind FarmPower plant1.5 MWCancelled6.6 km
Maud PrimarySubstation——6.9 km
Strichen GSPSubstation——8.2 km
BrightsolidData center——42 km

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