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BATTERY STORAGE · SHETStracathro BESS
Stracathro BESS is a 249 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SSEN Transmission (north Scotland) network at Stracathro BESS 275kV Substation, with capacity due from June 2032. The connection agreement is held by Opdenergy UK 8 Limited.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Jun 2032 (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-002392
- Customer
- Opdenergy UK 8 Limited
- Technology
- Demand, Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 249 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +249 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 30 June 2032
- Connection site
- Stracathro BESS 275kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- SSEN Transmission (north Scotland)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
- Connections reform gate
- Gate 1
Connection site
The marker shows the place the connection site is named after, 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