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Mercia Power - Commonside Lane

Mercia Power - Commonside Lane at Ferrybridge B

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: 14 Apr 2022
Status: Connected
Customer: Mercia Power - Commonside Lane
Site name: Mercia Power - Commonside Lane
Address: Common Side Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6EH
Grid reference: Easting 442278, northing 420813
Licence area: Yorkshire (Northern Powergrid)
Grid supply point: Ferrybridge B
Bulk supply point: Featherstone
Primary substation: Commonside Lane
Connection voltage: 11 kV
Technology group: Gas and other fossil
Energy source 1: Fossil - Gas, Steam turbine (thermal power plant): 8 MW registered
Registered capacity: 8 MW
Maximum export capacity: 8 MW
Maximum import capacity: 0.142 MW
Flexible connection: No
In a connection queue: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Date accepted: 16 Oct 2019
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: 2394200158075
Import MPAN: 2380002785083
Last updated: 11 Sep 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 Ferrybridge B

GSP view

56 other sites at this grid supply point in the September 2026 edition, 1 of them at Commonside Lane, the same primary substation. In all, the sites here total 2.4 GW: 0.3 GW connected, 2.1 GW accepted to connect.

Dakin Flathers PV AddDakin Flathers PV Add, Solar, Commonside Lane primaryAccepted1.5 MW
NEL Conway2 BESSNEL Conway2 BESS, Storage, NEL Conway2 BESS Direct primaryAccepted240 MW
Springfield FarmBluebell Battery Bank, Storage, Bluebell Battery Bank Direct primaryAccepted240 MW
Springfield FarmNEL Springfield, Storage, NEL Springfield Direct primaryAccepted240 MW
200MW BESS at Land to West of Stocking Lane200MW BESS at Land to West of Stocking Lane, Storage, Stocking Lane BESS Direct primaryAccepted200 MW
NEL HunterNEL Hunter, Storage, NEL Hunter Direct primaryAccepted200 MW
Fryston Lane BESSFryston Lane BESS, Storage, Fryston Lane BESS Direct primaryAccepted100 MW
Ferrybridge BESSFerrybridge BESS, Storage, Ferrybridge BESS Direct primaryAccepted94.9 MW

See all 56

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