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BATTERY STORAGE · SPTBargatton Farm BESS
Bargatton Farm BESS is a 100 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Bargatton Farm BESS 132kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2036. The connection agreement is held by Lightsource Renewable UK Development Limited.
Project stageIn planning
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 2036 (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-005009
- Customer
- Lightsource Renewable UK Development Limited
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 100 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +100 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 October 2036
- Connection site
- Bargatton Farm 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
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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