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BATTERY STORAGE · SPTAuchentiber Farm 700MW BESS
Auchentiber Farm 700MW BESS is a 700 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Auchentiber Farm BESS 400kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2029. The connection agreement is held by GPC 700 Ltd.
Project stageIn planning
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 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-003601
- Customer
- GPC 700 Ltd
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 700 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +700 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 17 October 2029
- Connection site
- Auchentiber Farm BESS 400kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- SP Transmission (south Scotland)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
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