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BATTERY STORAGE · SPTBishopbriggs 500MW BESS
Bishopbriggs 500MW BESS is a 500 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Bishopbriggs BESS 400/275kV Substation, with capacity due from May 2029. The connection agreement is held by GPC Project 16 Ltd.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom May 2029 (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-003583
- Customer
- GPC Project 16 Ltd
- Technology
- Demand, Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 500 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +500 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 28 May 2029
- Connection site
- Bishopbriggs BESS 400/275kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- SP Transmission (south Scotland)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
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