Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Eaves Farm (Padiham) BESS grid connection

Eaves Farm (Padiham) BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 99.9 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West Limited.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceEAVES FARM (PADIHAM) 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
Capacity99.9 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 date17 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
Coordinates53.7926, -2.3217SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Eaves Farm (Padiham) BESS grid connection is the 337th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 440th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99.9 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
England337th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom440th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data3,305th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 490 substations, 357 power plants (107 operating, 735 MW), 18 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Padiham GSPSubstation——0.4 km
Padiham BSPSubstation——0.4 km
PadihamSubstation——0.5 km
Padiham - Battery Energy StoragePower plant99.9 MWCancelled0.8 km
Shuttleworth House, Higher Shuttleworth - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant100 MWCancelled0.8 km
Altham Business Park - Solar PanelsPower plant1.18 MWOperating1.2 km
East Irish Sea Transmission ProjectTransmission line—Planned29 km
Lloyds Banking Group CopleyData center——30 km
Data center, England (OSM way 403124345)Data center——30 km

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