Grid infrastructure βΊ Connection queue βΊ Onshore wind
ONSHORE WIND Β· SHETCairnmore Hill Wind Farm
Cairnmore Hill Wind Farm is a 36 MW onshore wind project in planning, connecting to the SSEN Transmission (north Scotland) network at Thurso South GSP, with capacity due from May 2028. The connection agreement is held by Cairnmore Hill Energy Limited.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom May 2028 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Scoping and awaiting consents are both shown as planning. A connection agreement does not mean the project will be built: many queue projects never reach construction.
Connection details
- NESO project number
- PRO-001304
- Customer
- Cairnmore Hill Energy Limited
- Technology
- Wind Onshore
- Total capacity
- 36 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +36 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 May 2028
- Connection site
- Thurso South GSP
- Transmission owner
- SSEN Transmission (north Scotland)
- Connection type
- Embedded (connects through the local distribution network)
- NESO project status
- Awaiting Consents
Connection site
The marker shows the connection substation, not the project itself, with the transmission network around it.
Source: NESO Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) register, downloaded 8 November 2026. Contains data from NESO, licensed under the NESO Open Data Licence. Report a problem