Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Toftingall BESS grid connection
Toftingall BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 28 MW of capacity, held by Infinergy.
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 | TOFTINGALL BESS grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Mybster 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 |
| Holder | Infinergy | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | 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 |
| Queue date | 1 Sept 2023 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Aug 2025 (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 | 58.4598, -3.4833 | 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 researchHow it compares
Toftingall BESS grid connection is the 473rd-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 1,438th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 28 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 | 473rd of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,438th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,970th 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
- Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 120 power plants (33 operating, 1,519 MW) and 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achies - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 162 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Achlachan Wind Farm 2, Watten - Wind Farm | Power plant | 8.52 MW | Permitted | 1.4 km |
| Achlachan Wind Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Mybster 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Mybster 2 GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Halkirk Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Limekiln, Borlum House - Battery Energy Storage System70 MW · planned
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- Loch Toftingall, Halsary Wind Farm - Battery Energy Storage49.9 MW · permitted
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Data on this page
- California ISO. The terms cover every document on caiso.com, the cluster reports included. 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, Free reuse.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- 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.