Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Medlock BESS 30MW grid connection
Medlock BESS 30MW grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, held by Ylem 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 | MEDLOCK BESS 30MW grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Stalybridge) | 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 | Ylem Energy Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Stalybridge GSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 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 | 21 Dec 2023 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4976, -2.1434 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Medlock BESS 30MW grid connection is the 1,020th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,645th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 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 | 1,020th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,645th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,244th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 508 substations, 369 power plants (103 operating, 955 MW), 22 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medlock Road, Failsworth - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 30 MW | Permitted | 0.0 km |
| Failsworth | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Droylsden BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Droylsden East | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT) | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| City Football Academy - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.12 MW | Permitted | 3.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Equinix MA1 | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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.