Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Melk 50MW Battery grid connection
Melk 50MW Battery grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, held by Penso Power.
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 | MELK 50MW BATTERY grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Minety GSP) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Penso Power | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Minety GSP (via a grid supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 17 Nov 2021 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 22 Jun 2037 (target energisation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6011, -2.0035 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Melk 50MW Battery grid connection is the 538th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 804th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 538th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 804th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,801st of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 407 power plants (153 operating, 1,952 MW), 93 substations and 9 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minety Substation | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 0.1 km |
| Minety Substation | Power plant | 10 MW | Permitted | 0.1 km |
| Stonehill Energy Storage / Lower Minety | Power plant | 50 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Minety GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Minety Village Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Malmesbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Penso Power
- Stonehill grid connection150 MW
- Hams Hall - Battery Energy Storage System400 MW · under construction
- Layhams Road - Battery Storage Facility250 MW · permitted
- Little Beanit Farm, Balsall Common - Battery Storage200 MW · under construction
- Cowley Substation, Blackberry Lane - Battery Storage Energy System200 MW · permitted
- East Road, Marchwood - Battery Energy Storage200 MW · permitted
- Hilfield Lane, Aldenham - Battery Energy Storage170 MW · permitted
- National Grid Substation - Battery Energy Storage System100 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.
- © 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.