Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Waterswallows 2 BESS grid connection
Waterswallows 2 BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, held by S&L Energy Ltd.
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 | WATERSWALLOWS 2 BESS grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Buxton) | 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 | S&L Energy Ltd | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 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 | 8 Jul 2023 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2753, -1.8746 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Waterswallows 2 BESS grid connection is the 1,020th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,645th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 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 | 1,020th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,645th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,960th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 376 power plants (115 operating, 956 MW), 135 substations, 3 CO2 emitters 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment | Power plant | 15 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment | Power plant | 15 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Hardybarn Lane, Green Fairfield - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 40 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Hope | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Baslow Road | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Snaithing Park Road | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | CO2 emitter | — | Permitted | 38 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 39 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 40 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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.
- 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.