Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Butts Field Energy Storage grid connection
Butts Field Energy Storage grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 99 MW of capacity, held by Ecotricity Generation Limited.
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 | BUTTS FIELD ENERGY STORAGE grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Nursling) | 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 | Ecotricity Generation Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Nursling GSP (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99 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 | 4 Jan 2023 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Dec 2036 (target energisation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9405, -1.4950 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Butts Field Energy Storage grid connection is the 369th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 481st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99 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 | 369th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 481st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,350th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 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: 249 power plants (110 operating, 1,060 MW), 192 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Lane, Nursling - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 20 MW | Under construction | 0.3 km |
| Nursling GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Testwood Water Supply Works | Power plant | 1.9 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Station Road | Power plant | 49.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.9 km |
| Rownhams BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Totton Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Ecotricity Generation Limited
- Tinsley Farm grid connection5 MW
- Butts Field, Mill Lane - Battery Storage99 MW · permitted
- Woodlands Farm, Clapton - Ground Mounted Solar Park36 MW · permitted
- Shilton Road - Solar Park8 MW · permitted
- Cooles Farm, Minety - Solar Park/Battery Storage8 MW · planned
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. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.