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Battery storage 180 MW grid connection at Fordstead Lane BESS

Battery storage 180 MW grid connection at Fordstead Lane BESS is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 180 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Fordstead Lane BESS)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toDoncaster B/Thorpe Marsh (via a bulk supply point)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity180 MWNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyBattery storageNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorNorthern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date27 Jan 2023Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage66 kVNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.5805, -1.0873Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Battery storage 180 MW grid connection at Fordstead Lane BESS is the 249th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 332nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 180 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.

WithinRankTotalShare
England249th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom332nd of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data2,239th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 503 power plants (144 operating, 4,282 MW), 331 substations, 7 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Fenwick Solar Farm & Battery StoragePower plant238 MWPermitted0.1 km
Thorpe Marsh Power Station - Battery Energy StoragePower plant1,450 MWPermitted0.4 km
Thorpe Marsh Power Station, Marsh Lane - Battery Energy StoragePower plant1,400 MWPermitted0.4 km
Kirk SandallSubstation——2.5 km
RockwareSubstation——2.9 km
BentleySubstation——4.3 km
ThalesData center——8.6 km
North Humber to High MarnhamTransmission line—Planned20 km
HSBC Wakefield Data CentreData center——23 km

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