Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Howick Hill Farm ESS 50MW grid connection
Howick Hill Farm ESS 50MW grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 52.5 MW of capacity, held by Penwortham Storage 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 | HOWICK HILL FARM ESS 50MW grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Penwortham East GSP / Rochdale SGT 1 Group) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Penwortham Storage Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Howick Hall Farm - Battery Storage Facility (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.2 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 52.5 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 | 20 Jul 2017 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 10 May 2024 | 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 | 53.7457, -2.7490 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for: Howick Hall Farm - Battery Storage Facility (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2021/00252/FUL)
How it compares
Howick Hill Farm ESS 50MW grid connection is the 525th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 771st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 52.5 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 | 525th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 771st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,008th 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
- Connected
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 347 power plants (110 operating, 1,461 MW), 320 substations, 13 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howick Hall Farm - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Penwortham East / Rochdale SGT 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Penwortham West / Stanah GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Penwortham - Battery storage | Power plant | 57 MW | Permitted | 0.4 km |
| Penwortham Sub Station | Power plant | 50 MW | Cancelled | 0.5 km |
| Ribble BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 15 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 20 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 23 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
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