Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Strath of Bydock Windfarm grid connection
Strath of Bydock Windfarm grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4.37 MW of capacity, held by Strath of Brydock Wind Farm Limited.
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 | STRATH OF BYDOCK WINDFARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Macduff 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 | Strath of Brydock Wind Farm Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Macduff Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Strath of Brydock (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.64 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.37 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | 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 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.6252, -2.5874 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Commissioned: Strath of Brydock
- Permit granted: Strath of Brydock (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2006/3227)
- Permit applied for: Strath of Brydock (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2006/3227)
How it compares
Strath of Bydock Windfarm grid connection is the 856th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 2,762nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.37 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 | 856th of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,762nd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,742nd of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 216 power plants (66 operating, 1,623 MW) and 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strath of Brydock | Power plant | 4.6 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Strath of Brydock - Extension | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Stoneyhill | Power plant | 30.6 MW | Cancelled | 1.0 km |
| Macduff GSP | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Macduff Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Marnoch Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.3 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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