Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Battery storage 71 MW grid connection at Birtley BESS
Battery storage 71 MW grid connection at Birtley BESS is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 71 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 Birtley 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 | Ravensworth (via a bulk supply point) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 71 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 | 6 Mar 2024 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 66 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9056, -1.5889 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Battery storage 71 MW grid connection at Birtley BESS is the 444th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 596th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 71 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 | 444th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 596th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,684th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 293 power plants (92 operating, 1,354 MW), 162 substations and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravensworth | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Birtley Grove 66/11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Birtley Grove 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Mary Avenue, Birtley - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 71 MW | Cancelled | 0.6 km |
| Kibblesworth Landfill Site | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| PG4 St Bedes Power Generation (Extension) | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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Data on this page
- California ISO. The terms cover every document on caiso.com, the cluster reports included. 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.
- 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.