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BATTERY STORAGE · SPTKirkcaldy BESS
Kirkcaldy BESS is a 100 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Kirkcaldy BESS 132kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2032. The connection agreement is held by Apatura Battery Ltd.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 2032 (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-003743
- Customer
- Apatura Battery Ltd
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 100 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +100 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 October 2032
- Connection site
- Kirkcaldy BESS 132kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- SP Transmission (south Scotland)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
- Connections reform gate
- Gate 1
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