Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Burnley BESS grid connection

Burnley BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 77 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West Limited.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceBURNLEY BESS grid connectionSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationEngland (connects at Burnley)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toBurnley BSP (via a bulk supply point)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity77 MWSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyBattery storageSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorElectricity North West LimitedSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date20 Nov 2023SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage132 kVSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.3974, -2.1658SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Burnley BESS grid connection is the 428th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 559th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 77 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
England428th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom559th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data3,598th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 413 substations, 369 power plants (103 operating, 977 MW), 22 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Adswood BSPSubstation——0.6 km
BrinkswaySubstation——1.1 km
Winifred RDSubstation——1.2 km
CDL Strata Campus Data CentreData center——1.5 km
Bredbury Substation - Battery Storage FacilityPower plant49.9 MWUnder construction3.0 km
Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage SystemPower plant20 MWOperating3.1 km
Welkin Mill, Welkin Road - Battery StoragePower plant49.9 MWUnder construction3.1 km
Delta HouseData center——6.5 km
Datum Datacentres (MCR2)Data center——6.5 km

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