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BATTERY STORAGE · SPT

Lawfield and Branxton Energy Park

Lawfield and Branxton Energy Park is a 400 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Lawfield and Branxton Energy Park 400kV Substation, with capacity due from June 2028. The connection agreement is held by Cairn Duhie Energy Limited.

Project stageIn planning
  1. Planning (current stage)
  2. Consented (not yet reached)
  3. Construction (not yet reached)
  4. OperatingFrom Jun 2028 (not yet reached)
  5. 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-002229
Customer
Cairn Duhie Energy Limited
Technology
Energy Storage System
Total capacity
400 MW
Change in this agreement
+400 MW
Capacity effective from
30 June 2028
Connection site
Lawfield and Branxton Energy Park 400kV Substation
Transmission owner
SP Transmission (south Scotland)
Connection type
Direct connection to the transmission network
NESO project status
Scoping

Connection site

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Projects connecting near Lawfield and Branxton Energy Park · Grid map

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