Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom

Riverside Bungalow Farm BESS grid connection

Riverside Bungalow Farm BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceRIVERSIDE BUNGALOW FARM BESS grid connectionSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationScotland (connects at Keith 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 toKeith Primary (via a primary substation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity50 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 date12 Jul 2023SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date31 Oct 2033 (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
Coordinates57.5254, -2.9728SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Riverside Bungalow Farm BESS grid connection is the 220th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 804th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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
Scotland220th of 1,19288,894 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom804th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data4,076th 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: 173 power plants (57 operating, 790 MW) and 48 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Blackhillock Electricity Substation - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant300 MWUnder construction1.8 km
Aultmore Forest - Buckie - WindfarmPower plant106 MWPlanned1.9 km
Aultmore Forest - Buckie - WindfarmPower plant50 MWPlanned1.9 km
Keith PrimarySubstation——2.6 km
Keith 1 GSPSubstation——2.7 km
Keith 2 GSPSubstation——2.7 km

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