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Southeast of Church Lane BESS

Southeast of Church Lane 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.

Target energisation date: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Status: Accepted to connect
Customer: Southeast of Church Lane BESS
Site name: Southeast of Church Lane BESS
Address: South & Southeast of Church Lane, Murton, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 9RD
Grid reference: Easting 439207, northing 546963
Licence area: North East (Northern Powergrid)
Grid supply point: Hawthorn Pit Grid
Bulk supply point: Southeast of Church Lane BESS
Primary substation: Southeast of Church Lane 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): 100 MW registered
Registered capacity: 100 MW
Change to maximum export capacity: 100 MW
Change to maximum import capacity: 95 MW
Flexible connection: No
In a connection queue: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Date accepted: 12 Apr 2024
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: 30 Oct 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
Hawthorn Pit BESSHawthorn Pit BESS, Storage, Hawthorn Pit Bess primaryConnected49.9 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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