Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Colne BESS grid connection

Colne BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West Limited.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceCOLNE BESS grid connectionSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationEngland (connects at Padiham)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 toPadiham GSP (via a grid supply point)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity100 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 date14 Sept 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
Coordinates53.8510, -2.1949SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Colne BESS grid connection is the 311th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 412th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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
England311th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom412th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data3,100th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 480 substations, 308 power plants (95 operating, 715 MW), 14 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Walshaw House, Regent Street - Battery Energy StoragePower plant100 MWPermitted0.3 km
Phillips LaneSubstation——0.5 km
Nelson BSPSubstation——1.3 km
NelsonSubstation——1.3 km
Nelson and colne college, Scotland RoadPower plant1 MWPermitted1.7 km
The Old Vicarage, Reedley - Battery StoragePower plant100 MWPermitted5.1 km
Lloyds Banking Group CopleyData center——26 km
Data center, England (OSM way 403124345)Data center——26 km
Redcentric Elland Data CentreData center——30 km

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