Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Merton College grid connection
Merton College grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 98 MW of capacity, held by Leatherhead BESS Limited C/O EKU Energy.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Chessington) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Leatherhead BESS Limited C/O EKU Energy | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Barnett Wood Lane - Battery Storage (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.22 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 98 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 1 Jul 2022 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Mar 2025 (target energisation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3092, -0.3210 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Barnett Wood Lane - Battery Storage (planning authority Mole Valley, reference 24/02168/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Barnett Wood Lane - Battery Storage (planning authority Mole Valley, reference 24/02168/FUL)
How it compares
Merton College grid connection is the 412th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 527th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 98 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 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 | 412th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 527th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,286th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 560 substations, 307 power plants (112 operating, 1,655 MW), 150 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett Wood Lane - Battery Storage | Power plant | 98 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Leatherhead Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Leatherhead Town 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| C.E.R.L. 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Cobham Road, Bookham - Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.5 MW | Permitted | 3.5 km |
| Fair Oak Lane | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Digital Realty LHR13 | Data center | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Redcentric Byfleet | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Unit 1 | Data center | — | — | 13 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.