Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

West Sleek Burn BESS grid connection

West Sleek Burn BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 70 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at West Sleekburn BESS)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity70 MWNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyBattery storageNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorNorthern Powergrid (Northeast) plcNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date20 Dec 2024Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage66 kVNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates55.1636, -1.5590Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

West Sleek Burn 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England447th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom602nd of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data3,692nd of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 182 power plants (65 operating, 1,063 MW), 111 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
High Brockland Farm, Brock Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant70 MWPermitted1.0 km
AshingtonSubstation——1.1 km
WansbeckSubstation——1.2 km
West Sleekburn - Battery Storage CompoundPower plant30 MWPermitted1.3 km
Land East of Mount Pleasant FarmPower plant1.5 MWCancelled3.2 km
Blyth 132kVSubstation——3.2 km
Stellium Newcastle CampusData center——17 km

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