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ONSHORE WIND Β· SHET

Tarbuckle Hill Wind Farm

Tarbuckle Hill Wind Farm is a 40 MW onshore wind project in planning, connecting to the SSEN Transmission (north Scotland) network at Cairnford GSP, with capacity due from October 2031. The connection agreement is held by Energiekontor UK Ltd.

Project stageIn planning
  1. Planning (current stage)
  2. Consented (not yet reached)
  3. Construction (not yet reached)
  4. OperatingFrom Oct 2031 (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-003045
Customer
Energiekontor UK Ltd
Technology
Wind Onshore
Total capacity
40 MW
Change in this agreement
+40 MW
Capacity effective from
31 October 2031
Connection site
Cairnford GSP
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (north Scotland)
Connection type
Embedded (connects through the local distribution network)
NESO project status
Scoping

Connection site

The marker shows the connection substation, not the project itself, with the transmission network around it.

Projects connecting near Cairnford GSP Β· Grid map

Other projects at Cairnford GSP

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