Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection
Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 110 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.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | WINDBURN WIND FARM 75MW WIND, 35MW BESS grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Braco West 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 | Braco West GSP (via a grid supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 110 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 |
| Queue date | 21 Dec 2023 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2035 (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 | 56.2385, -3.8260 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection is the 62nd-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 391st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 110 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 | 62nd of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | 0.12% |
| United Kingdom | 391st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 2,900th 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: 342 power plants (89 operating, 1,097 MW), 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnfoot Hill Extension | Power plant | 4 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| Rhodders Wind Farm | Power plant | 12 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Burnfoot Hill | Power plant | 26 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Gleneagles Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Braco West GSP | Substation | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 46 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.
- 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.