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Hawthorn Pit BESS

Hawthorn Pit BESS at Hawthorn Pit Grid

Northern Powergrid Embedded Capacity Register 1MW and Over, September 2026 edition

Site, company and substation names are shown as they appear in the registers, including capitalisation.

Date connected: 8 Apr 2024
Status: Connected
Customer: Hawthorn Pit BESS
Site name: Hawthorn Pit BESS
Address: Land to the South of Hawthorn Pit Substation, Land to the South of Hawthorn Pit Substation, Murton, County Durham, SR7 9DR
Grid reference: Easting 439210, northing 545808
Licence area: North East (Northern Powergrid)
Grid supply point: Hawthorn Pit Grid
Bulk supply point: Hawthorn Pit BESS
Primary substation: Hawthorn Pit Bess
Connection voltage: 66 kV
Technology group: Storage
Energy source 1: Stored Energy (all stored energy irrespective of the original energy source), Storage - Electrochemical (Batteries): 49.9 MW registered
Registered capacity: 49.9 MW
Maximum export capacity: 49.9 MW
Maximum import capacity: 47.405 MW
Flexible connection: No
In a connection queue: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Date accepted: 19 May 2021
Target energisation date: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Distribution reinforcement reference: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Transmission reinforcement reference: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Export MPAN: 1574200479802
Import MPAN: 1580001831994
Last updated: 2 Dec 2024
Tracked since: March 2026 edition

Change history

Tracked since the March 2026 edition, across 7 editions.

Changes to its status, capacity, technology or customer, newest first.

No change to its status, capacity, technology or customer.

Also at Hawthorn Pit Grid

GSP view

23 other sites at this grid supply point in the September 2026 edition. In all, the sites here total 1.1 GW: 0.1 GW connected, 1 GW accepted to connect.

Colliery Farm SPV & BESSColliery Farm SPV & BESS, Solar, Colliery Farm SPV & BESS Direct primaryAccepted320.3 MW
Salters Lane Solar FarmSalters Lane Solar Farm, Solar, Salters Lane PV primaryAccepted118.5 MW
High Moorsley Solar and BESSHigh Moorsley Solar and BESS, Solar, High Moorsley Solar and BESS Direct primaryAccepted104 MW
Woodland BESSWoodland BESS, Storage, Woodland BESS primaryAccepted101.3 MW
Hawthorn Coke WorksHawthorn Coke Works, Storage, Hawthorn Coke Works primaryAccepted100 MW
Southeast of Church Lane BESSSoutheast of Church Lane BESS, Storage, Southeast of Church Lane BESS Direct primaryAccepted100 MW
Murton Solar FarmMurton Solar Farm, Solar, Murton Solar Farm primaryAccepted45 MW
Greenswell HybridGreenswell Hybrid, Solar, Greenswell Hybrid primaryAccepted44.9 MW

See all 23

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