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BATTERY STORAGE · SPTTorness BESS Station
Torness BESS Station is a 240 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Thorntonloch 400kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2031. The connection agreement is held by IBV Torness Energy Park 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-004904
- Customer
- IBV Torness Energy Park Limited
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 240 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +240 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 October 2031
- Connection site
- Thorntonloch 400kV 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
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Other projects at Thorntonloch 400kV Substation
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