Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
CEL Heysham BESS grid connection
CEL Heysham BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 90 MW of capacity, held by Cragside Energy 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 | CEL HEYSHAM BESS grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Heysham GSP) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Cragside Energy Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 90 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Electricity North West Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 29 Jun 2022 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.0359, -2.8828 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
CEL Heysham BESS grid connection is the 388th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 510th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 90 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 | 388th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 510th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,155th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 181 power plants (64 operating, 1,325 MW), 2 transmission lines, 2 substations and 1 CO2 emitter, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heysham Energy Storage Project | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 0.1 km |
| Middleton Clean Energy Plant | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Fanny House Farm/Heysham Moss | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Cancelled | 16 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 19 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 32 km |
| Barnoldswick | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
| Salterforth | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Cragside Energy Limited
- CEL Bridgewater BESS grid connection90 MW
- Vernon Park BESS grid connection75 MW
- Crondall Road, Crondall - Fleet Bramley Battery Energy Storage99.9 MW · permitted
- Golf Road - Battery Energy Storage90 MW · permitted
- North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham - Battery Energy Storage90 MW · permitted
- Ashton Road, Bredbury - Battery Energy Storage75 MW · permitted
- Greenfield Road, Westoning - Battery Energy Storage System30 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.