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BATTERY STORAGE · SPT

Sand Quarry Old Glasgow Road BESS

Sand Quarry Old Glasgow Road BESS is a 100 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Giffordland 400/132kV, with capacity due from May 2029. The connection agreement is held by GPC 1134 Ltd.

Project stageIn planning
  1. Planning (current stage)
  2. Consented (not yet reached)
  3. Construction (not yet reached)
  4. OperatingFrom May 2029 (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-002706
Customer
GPC 1134 Ltd
Technology
Demand, Energy Storage System
Total capacity
100 MW
Change in this agreement
+100 MW
Capacity effective from
7 May 2029
Connection site
Giffordland 400/132kV
Transmission owner
SP Transmission (south Scotland)
Connection type
Direct connection to the transmission network
NESO project status
Scoping

Connection site

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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