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BATTERY STORAGE · SHETCoachford 400MW BESS
Coachford 400MW BESS is a 400 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the SSEN Transmission (north Scotland) network at Coachford 400kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2033. The connection agreement is held by Field Woodhead Ltd.
Project stageIn planning
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 2033 (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-005097
- Customer
- Field Woodhead Ltd
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 400 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +400 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 October 2033
- Connection site
- Coachford 400kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- SSEN Transmission (north 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