Kennishead

Kennishead is a 40 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Haggs Road GSP, with capacity due from October 2031. The connection agreement is held by Starlight Energy UK Limited.

Project stageIn planning

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-004373
Customer: Starlight Energy UK Limited
Technology: Energy Storage System
Total capacity: 40 MW
Change in this agreement: +40 MW
Capacity effective from: 31 October 2031
Connection site: Haggs Road GSP
Transmission owner: SP Transmission (south Scotland)
Connection type: Embedded (connects through the local distribution 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 Haggs Road GSP · 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