Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
New Mains of Guynd PV grid connection
New Mains of Guynd PV grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.03 MW of capacity, held by BWE (5) Ltd.
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 | NEW MAINS OF GUYND PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connection site: ARBROATH 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 |
| Holder | BWE (5) Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Arbroath GSP (via: primary) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | New Mains Of Guynd Farm (method: name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, distance km: 0.56) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.03 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | 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 | 17 Dec 2015 | 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 | 56.5718, -2.7000 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
New Mains of Guynd PV grid connection is the 717th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 2,211th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.03 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 | 717th of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,211th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,832nd of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 199 power plants (45 operating, 2,166 MW) and 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mains Of Guynd Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Bonnyknox Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Dusty Drum | Power plant | 6 MW | Cancelled | 1.8 km |
| Redford Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Arbroath GSP | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Elliot Depot Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- CAISO queue report. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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, No restriction on the posted data.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- 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.