Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom

Scotston Farm grid connection

Scotston Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceSCOTSTON FARM grid connectionSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationScotland (connects at Leoch)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 toLeoch Primary (via a primary substation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity2 MWSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyWindSSEN 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 date2 Sept 2026SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date2 Sept 2027 (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
Coordinates56.5380, -3.0823SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Scotston Farm grid connection is the 1,031st-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 3,341st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
Scotland1,031st of 1,19288,894 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,341st of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data7,347th 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: 238 power plants (51 operating, 856 MW) and 72 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Leoch PrimarySubstation——3.6 km
Ark Hill Wind FarmPower plant9.2 MWPlanned3.8 km
Templeton Farm, Templeton - Battery StoragePower plant49.9 MWPermitted4.4 km
Ark HillPower plant6.4 MWOperating4.5 km
Gourdie PrimarySubstation——6.8 km
MacAlpine Road PrimarySubstation——6.9 km

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