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BATTERY STORAGE · SHET

Beauly 02 BESS

Beauly 02 BESS is a 100 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SSEN Transmission (north Scotland) network at BEAULY 02 BESS 132kV SUBSTATION, with capacity due from December 2028. The connection agreement is held by Field Beauly Ltd.

Project stageIn planning
  1. Planning (current stage)
  2. Consented (not yet reached)
  3. Construction (not yet reached)
  4. OperatingFrom Dec 2028 (not yet reached)
  5. 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-003731
Customer
Field Beauly Ltd
Technology
Energy Storage System
Total capacity
100 MW
Change in this agreement
+100 MW
Capacity effective from
31 December 2028
Connection site
BEAULY 02 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 connection substation, not the project itself, with the transmission network around it.

Projects connecting near BEAULY · Grid map

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