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BATTERY STORAGE · SPTBranxton PV & BESS Station
Branxton PV & BESS Station is a 1.0 GW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Branxton 400/132kV, with capacity due from October 2028. The connection agreement is held by IGP Solar 26 Limited.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 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-002122
- Customer
- IGP Solar 26 Limited
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 1.0 GW
- Change in this agreement
- +1.0 GW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 October 2028
- Connection site
- Branxton 400/132kV
- Transmission owner
- SP Transmission (south Scotland)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
- Connections reform gate
- Gate 1
Connection site
The marker shows the connection substation, not the project itself, with the transmission network around it.
Other projects at Branxton 400/132kV
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