Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Botley Energy Reserve 2 grid connection
Botley Energy Reserve 2 grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, held by Balanced Grid Solutions.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | BOTLEY ENERGY RESERVE 2 grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Botley Wood) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Balanced Grid Solutions | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Ash Farm, Titchfield Lane - Battery Storage (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.21 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Botley Wood BSP (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 14 Nov 2024 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 16 Aug 2027 (target energisation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8862, -1.2175 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Botley Energy Reserve 2 grid connection is the 1,192nd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,890th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 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 | 1,192nd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,890th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,413th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 261 power plants (115 operating, 1,012 MW), 181 substations, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Farm, Titchfield Lane - Battery Storage | Power plant | 15 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Titchfield Lane | Power plant | 49 MW | Under construction | 0.5 km |
| Funtley Solar Photovoltaic PV Farm | Power plant | 10.5 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Botley Wood BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Botley Wood GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Whitely Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 2.8 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 2.9 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Fareham Solar 3 grid connection24 MW
- Titchfield Lane49 MW · under construction
- Gaywood Farm7.5 MW
- Hamble Lane Battery Energy Storage6 MW · permitted
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.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.