Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Orrell BESS grid connection
Orrell BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 70 MW of capacity, held by Ukgea 1 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 | ORRELL BESS grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Orrell) | 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 | Ukgea 1 Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy Storage (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.25 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 70 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 | 13 Mar 2022 | 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 | 53.5109, -2.6833 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Orrell BESS grid connection is the 447th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 602nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 70 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 | 447th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 602nd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,421st of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 416 power plants (126 operating, 1,621 MW), 17 data centers, 4 gas storage facilities, 2 transmission lines and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 70 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Mill Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 2.3 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 35 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 36 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 38 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
Other grid connections in England
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- 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.