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BATTERY STORAGE · SPTGlennifer Road BESS
Glennifer Road BESS is a 150 MW battery storage project consented, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Glennifer Road BESS 132kV substation, with capacity due from July 2028. The connection agreement is held by Drax BESS Neilston Limited.
Project stageConsented
- Planning (completed)
- Consented (current stage)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Jul 2028 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Connection details
- NESO project number
- PRO-003600
- Customer
- Drax BESS Neilston Limited
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 150 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +150 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 July 2028
- Connection site
- Glennifer Road BESS 132kV substation
- Transmission owner
- SP Transmission (south Scotland)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Consents Approved
- Connections reform gate
- Gate 2
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