Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Sale BESS grid connection
Sale BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 99.9 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West 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 | SALE BESS grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connection site: SOUTH MANCHESTER GSP) | 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 |
| Attached to | Freshfields, Fairy Lane - Battery Storage (method: coordinates+technology+capacity, distance km: 0.06) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99.9 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 | 25 Feb 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 | 53.4202, -2.2801 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Sale BESS grid connection is the 337th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 440th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99.9 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 | 337th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 440th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,038th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 385 power plants (109 operating, 1,233 MW), 46 substations and 3 CO2 emitters, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshfields, Fairy Lane - Battery Storage | Power plant | 99.9 MW | Under construction | 0.1 km |
| West Didsbury Battery Storage | Power plant | 50 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Golf Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 90 MW | Permitted | 0.7 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 24 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | CO2 emitter | — | Permitted | 24 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Slaithwaite | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Todmorden | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Meltham | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
Grid operator and place
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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
- CAISO queue report. 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, No restriction on the posted data.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- 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.