Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Penn Croft Farm BESS grid connection
Penn Croft Farm BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, held by RE Projects Development.
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 | PENN CROFT FARM BESS grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Coxmoor Wood) | 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 | RE Projects Development | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Coxmoor Wood BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Penn Croft Farm, Crondall - Battery Energy Storage Facility (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.84 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 Sept 2024 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 30 Oct 2027 (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 | 51.2331, -0.8780 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Penn Croft Farm, Crondall - Battery Energy Storage Facility (planning authority Hart, reference 21/02937/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Penn Croft Farm, Crondall - Battery Energy Storage Facility (planning authority Hart, reference 21/02937/FUL)
How it compares
Penn Croft Farm BESS grid connection is the 311th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 412th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 311th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 412th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,100th 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
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 279 power plants (109 operating, 947 MW), 256 substations, 90 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Croft Farm, Crondall - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 100 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| Bowenhurst Farm, Mill Lane - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 100 MW | Cancelled | 1.6 km |
| Rye Common | Power plant | 49.5 MW | Permitted | 1.7 km |
| Fleet-Bramley GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Coxmoor Wood Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Coxmoor Wood BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1164817477) | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Datum Farnborough Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Ark Data Centres data center, England | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- 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. 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.