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BATTERY STORAGE · SHETNewton of Park BESS 2
Newton of Park BESS 2 is a 50 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SSEN Transmission (north Scotland) network at Nairn 132/33kV Grid Supply Point Substation, with capacity due from January 2028. The connection agreement is held by Opdenergy UK 16 Limited.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Jan 2028 (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-003562
- Customer
- Opdenergy UK 16 Limited
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 50 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +50 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 January 2028
- Connection site
- Nairn 132/33kV Grid Supply Point Substation
- Transmission owner
- SSEN Transmission (north Scotland)
- Connection type
- Embedded (connects through the local distribution network)
- NESO project status
- Scoping
- Connections reform gate
- Gate 1
Connection site
The marker shows the connection substation, 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