Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Witney Bypass - 150MW BESS grid connection
Witney Bypass - 150MW BESS grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 160 MW of capacity, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution plc.
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 | WITNEY BYPASS - 150MW BESS grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Witney) | 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 |
| Attached to | Witney Bypass, Stanton Harcourt Road - Battery Storage (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.21 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Witney BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 160 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 | 30 Aug 2024 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 30 Nov 2038 (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 | 51.7675, -1.4830 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for: Witney Bypass, Stanton Harcourt Road - Battery Storage (planning authority West Oxfordshire, reference 25/01656/FUL)
How it compares
Witney Bypass - 150MW BESS grid connection is the 256th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 341st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 160 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 | 256th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 341st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 2,339th 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: 309 power plants (122 operating, 1,977 MW), 128 substations and 10 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witney Bypass, Stanton Harcourt Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Witney BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Ducklington Solar Farm | Power plant | 36 MW | Under construction | 1.3 km |
| Witney Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Windrush Park Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Tar Solar Farm | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 3.3 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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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.