Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Shire End 20MW PV grid connection
Shire End 20MW PV grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 20 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.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | SHIRE END 20MW PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Abernethy Grid) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Shire-End Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.24 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Abernethy Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 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 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 16 Feb 2023 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2033 (target energisation) | 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 | 56.2694, -3.4611 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Shire-End Farm (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 14/02077/FLL)
- Permit applied for: Shire-End Farm (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 14/02077/FLL)
How it compares
Shire End 20MW PV grid connection is the 556th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 1,645th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 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 | 556th of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,645th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,244th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 337 power plants (85 operating, 1,237 MW), 57 substations and 8 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shire-End Farm | Power plant | 17 MW | Cancelled | 0.2 km |
| Milnathort Community Wind Cluster | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Cancelled | 1.0 km |
| Tillyrie | Power plant | 4.2 MW | Cancelled | 1.4 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Bridge of Earn Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.1 km |
| Forteviot Primary | Substation | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 39 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- 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.