Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Washway Farm BESS VAR1 grid connection
Washway Farm BESS VAR1 grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 85 MW of capacity, held by Sandbrook Capital BES 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 | WASHWAY FARM BESS VAR1 grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Skelmersdale) | 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 | Sandbrook Capital BES Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 85 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 | 23 Nov 2023 | 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 | 53.5658, -2.8169 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Washway Farm BESS VAR1 grid connection is the 402nd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 529th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 85 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 | 402nd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 529th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,202nd of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 387 power plants (117 operating, 1,650 MW), 17 data centers, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale Nurseries, Spa Lane - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 320 MW | Permitted | 0.5 km |
| Lathom (Pilkington Technical Centre) | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Lathom (Pilkington Technical Centre) Battery Storage | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 35 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 39 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Sandbrook Capital BES Limited
- West Leake Lane, Ratcliffe - Battery Storage1,200 MW · permitted
- Mop End Farm, Mop End Lane - Battery Energy Storage500 MW · planned
- Avondale Nurseries, Spa Lane - Battery Energy Storage320 MW · permitted
- Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane - Battery Energy Storage65 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.
- 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.
- 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.