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BATTERY STORAGE · SHETBlairgowrie BESS
Blairgowrie BESS is a 200 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SSEN Transmission (north Scotland) network at Blairgowrie BESS 132kV Substation, with capacity due from May 2030. The connection agreement is held by Woodside BESS Ltd.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom May 2030 (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-003482
- Customer
- Woodside BESS Ltd
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 200 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +200 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 30 May 2030
- Connection site
- Blairgowrie BESS 132kV 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