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BATTERY STORAGE · SPTBankside BESS
Bankside BESS is a 43 MW battery storage project under construction or commissioning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Bainsford 132/33kV, with capacity due from November 2025. The connection agreement is held by Falkirk Power Ltd.
Project stageUnder construction
- Planning (completed)
- Consented (completed)
- Construction (current stage)
- OperatingFrom Nov 2025 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Connection details
- NESO project number
- PRO-002151
- Customer
- Falkirk Power Ltd
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 43 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +43 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 24 November 2025
- Connection site
- Bainsford 132/33kV
- Transmission owner
- SP Transmission (south Scotland)
- Connection type
- Embedded (connects through the local distribution network)
- NESO project status
- Under Construction/Commissioning
- Connections reform gate
- Gate 2
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