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WIND + STORAGE · SHETBalnespick Wind Farm
Balnespick Wind Farm is a 58 MW wind + storage project in planning, connecting to the SSEN Transmission (north Scotland) network at Balnespick Wind Farm 132kV/33kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2032. The connection agreement is held by Fred Olsen Renewables Limited.
Project stageIn planning
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 2032 (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-005066
- Customer
- Fred Olsen Renewables Limited
- Technology
- Energy Storage System, Wind Onshore
- Total capacity
- 58 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +58 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 October 2032
- Connection site
- Balnespick Wind Farm 132kV/33kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- SSEN Transmission (north 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