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ONSHORE WIND · SHETFairburn Extension Wind Farm
Fairburn Extension Wind Farm is a 90 MW onshore wind project in planning, connecting to the SSEN Transmission (north Scotland) network at Fairburn Extension 132/33kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2031. The connection agreement is held by SSE Renewables Services (UK) Limited.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 2031 (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-004012
- Customer
- SSE Renewables Services (UK) Limited
- Technology
- Wind Onshore
- Total capacity
- 90 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +90 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 October 2031
- Connection site
- Fairburn Extension 132/33kV 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 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