Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Battery storage 50 MW grid connection at Holmfield Lane BESS Direct

Battery storage 50 MW grid connection at Holmfield Lane BESS Direct is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connection site: Holmfield Lane BESS Direct)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 toFerrybridge B (via: gsp)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity50 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 date21 Jan 2022Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.7190, -1.2902Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Battery storage 50 MW grid connection at Holmfield Lane BESS Direct is the 538th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 804th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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
England538th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom804th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data3,801st of 7,6161,281,251 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 427 power plants (114 operating, 4,128 MW), 383 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) Power StationPower plant90 MWOperating0.5 km
Ferrybridge Next Generation Power StationPower plant1,200 MWPlanned0.8 km
Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 (FM1)Power plant68 MWOperating0.8 km
Kirkhaw LaneSubstation——0.9 km
Ferrybridge ASubstation——1.3 km
Ferrybridge A 11kVSubstation——1.3 km
Yorkshire GREENTransmission line—Permitted20 km
North Humber to High MarnhamTransmission line—Planned40 km

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