Issue 001 GB Grid Connection Queue Launch Edition

What moved in the GB grid connection queue this week

9 July 2026

Five movements detected this week. Every finding is verified before publication. Evidence packs are provided to subscribers.

5Movements detected
328 GWQueue monitoredIssue 001 used a broader monitored-register measure. From Issue 002 onward, the headline reports Gate 1 + Gate 2 generation and storage capacity. Gate 1 does not reserve capacity or a queue place.
GBTransmission + distribution
Grid Register 1 Jul 2026
Cockenzie BESS · 102 MW
Meadowmill 400/132kV Substation, East Lothian
This battery storage project moved from ungated to Gate 2 status in the transmission connection queue — the formal step confirming a connection date and capacity have been agreed, rather than merely applied for.
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Grid Register 30 Jun 2026
Chirmorie Wind Farm · 91 MW
Chirmorie substation, South Ayrshire
This consented 91 MW onshore wind project is recorded as Gate 2 in the current TEC register. The comparison evidence includes a register identifier replacement alongside this transition; Cairnel has confirmed the current gate status, with that context noted.
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Grid Register 1 Jul 2026
Windburn · 75 MW
Braco West grid supply point, Perthshire
This 75 MW project was newly classified Gate 1 in the transmission connection register. Gate 1 keeps a project in the connections process but does not reserve capacity or a queue place.
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Grid Register 1 Jul 2026
Killean Wind Farm · 60 MW
Carradale 3 grid supply point, Kintyre, Argyll
This 60 MW wind project was newly classified Gate 1 in the transmission connection register. Gate 1 keeps a project in the connections process but does not reserve capacity or a queue place.
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Network Capacity 9 Jul 2026
Llanilar T1 (primary substation)
Near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
Generation connection capacity at this substation is published as Red-constrained, with available generation capacity at −0.8 MW — already oversubscribed against firm capacity. Demand-side capacity is comfortably Green. Any project expecting to export at this substation is currently constrained.
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Public-data acknowledgements

Cairnel uses multiple sources to build the picture. Some of the public ones that need referencing are National Energy SO and SP Energy Networks.

  • Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. Licence.
  • SP Energy Networks SC389555, Capacity Heatmaps Information Model SPM, source dataset, CC BY 4.0. Cairnel selected and reformatted the source observations. The source information is provided without warranties.

Cairnel launched in July 2026. This is Issue 001. The Pulse is produced weekly — every item is verified before it appears here. We are early and we know it. If something looks wrong, or you want to suggest a project we should be watching, write to us: hello@cairnel.co.uk