Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Battery storage 35 MW grid connection at Poppleton Station BESS
Battery storage 35 MW grid connection at Poppleton Station BESS is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Poppleton Station BESS) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Poppleton (via a bulk supply point) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 27 May 2025 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.0073, -1.2229 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Battery storage 35 MW grid connection at Poppleton Station BESS is the 809th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,254th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 809th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,254th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,454th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 295 power plants (78 operating, 3,656 MW), 230 substations, 4 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moor Monkton Pumps | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Green Lane, Moor Monkton - Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Poppleton Solar Farm | Power plant | 32.6 MW | Permitted | 3.2 km |
| Hessay Solar Farm | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 4.1 km |
| Poppleton | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Rawcliffe Lane | Substation | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 12 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
Grid operator and place
More from Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc
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- Battery storage and Solar 200 MW grid connection at Clock and Grimeston Farm Direct200 MW
- Solar 200 MW grid connection at Scampston Solar Direct200 MW
- Solar 180 MW grid connection at Mill Lane Direct180 MW
- Mill Lane Solar PV grid connection180 MW
- Battery storage 175 MW grid connection at West Boldon Farm BESS Direct175 MW
Other grid connections in England
- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
Data on this page
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.