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Land off Darnell Road

Darnell Road BESS at West Melton / Thorpe Marsh

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.

Target energisation date
Not published by Northern Powergrid
Status
Accepted to connect
Customer
Darnell Road BESS
Site name
Land off Darnell Road
Address
Land off Darnall Road, Darnall Road, Sheffield, North Yorkshire, S9 5AB
Grid reference
Easting 438272, northing 388694
Licence area
Yorkshire (Northern Powergrid)
Grid supply point
West Melton / Thorpe Marsh
Bulk supply point
Darnell Road BESS
Primary substation
Darnell Road BESS Direct
Connection voltage
132 kV
Technology group
Storage
Energy source 1
Stored Energy (all stored energy irrespective of the original energy source), Storage - Electrochemical (Batteries): 40 MW registered
Registered capacity
40 MW
Change to maximum export capacity
40 MW
Change to maximum import capacity
Not stated
Flexible connection
No
In a connection queue
Not published by Northern Powergrid
Date accepted
21 Apr 2022
Date connected
Not stated
Distribution reinforcement reference
Not published by Northern Powergrid
Transmission reinforcement reference
Not published by Northern Powergrid
Export MPAN
Not stated
Import MPAN
Not stated
Last updated
10 Mar 2023
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 West Melton / Thorpe Marsh

GSP view

48 other sites at this grid supply point in the September 2026 edition. In all, the sites here total 1.3 GW: 0.3 GW connected, 1 GW accepted to connect.

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