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Argyll and Kintyre 275kV
Project summary
Project details
Current project stage
Date operational
Capacity (MW)
Project address
Inveralmond House, 200 Dunkeld Road, Perth
Date financial investment decision made
Project developer
Technology
Transmission infrastructureCommunity benefits offered
YesCommunity shared ownership offered
No
Public contact email
Project owner
Project owner name
SSEN TransmissionProject owner website
https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/Community benefits details
Value of committed community benefit package (£/MW/Yr)
Funds this project contributes to
| Package name | Argyll and Kintyre 275kV Local Fund |
| Fund website | https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/information-centre/community-benefit-funding/funds/ |
| Planned start date | |
| Actual start date | 13/05/2026 |
| Planned end date | 31/03/2031 |
| Actual end date | |
| Memorandum of understanding date | |
| Date community benefit agreement completed | |
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Link to community action plan (or similar)
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| Fund administrator | Developer |
| Fund administrator more details | |
| Community benefit package mechanisms | |
| Financial structure used to determine community benefits | None of the above |
| Community benefit financial structure details |
The current total lifetime value of funding is £3,268,000. This is split between a large project fund and micro-grants, with funding released in phases over five years from 2026. £593,600 will be released in each funding round of the large project fund. £60,000 will be released in each funding round in the form of micro-grants. |
| Who makes decisions on what to fund? | Other |
| Fund decisionmaker details | Decisions on applications are made by the Argyll Local Fund independent panel based on the fund criteria. This panel is made up of people resident in Argyll, representing both the communities covered by this fund and the wider Argyll area. |
| Regular review of community benefits package | No |
| Local authorities | |
| Community councils | Ardrishaig, Dunadd, East Kintyre, Furnace, Glenorchy and Innishail, Inveraray, Lochgilphead, Tarbert and Skipness, West Kintyre, West Lochfyne |