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BATTERY STORAGE · SPTWhitehill BESS
Whitehill BESS is a 500 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Whitehill Bess 275/132kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2029. The connection agreement is held by GPC 1210 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-004639
- Customer
- GPC 1210 Ltd
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 500 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +500 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 1 October 2029
- Connection site
- Whitehill Bess 275/132kV 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