Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Work Farm, Work Farm grid connection
Work Farm, Work Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.5 MW of capacity, held by Orkney Sustainable Energy.
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 | WORK FARM, WORK FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Scorradale) | 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 | Orkney Sustainable Energy | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Work Farm, Work Road - Wind Turbines (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.1 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.5 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 | 28 Dec 2022 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 30 Apr 2027 (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 | 58.9957, -2.9285 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Work Farm, Work Farm grid connection is the 1,112th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 3,561st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.5 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 | 1,112th of 1,192 | 88,894 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,561st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,573rd 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: 63 power plants (21 operating, 93.6 MW) and 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work Farm, Work Road - Wind Turbines | Power plant | 1.8 MW | Cancelled | 0.1 km |
| Orkney Storage Park Project | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Kirkwall Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Shapinsay Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project - Qanterness | Power plant | 28.8 MW | Permitted | 5.1 km |
| St Mary's Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Herscha Wind energy Project (Extension)1.6 MW
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- Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm grid connection2,000 MW
- Machair Offshore Wind Farm grid connection2,000 MW
- Arven Offshore Wind Farm grid connection1,800 MW
- Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm grid connection1,800 MW
- Earba PSH grid connection1,800 MW
- Glen Earrach PSH grid connection1,800 MW
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.
- 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.