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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Uskmouth

USKMOUTH ENERGY STORAGE LIMITED at Uskmouth 132kV Substation

Connection date
Connected
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Technology
Storage
Total capacity
350 MW
Connected now
350 MW
Still to connect
0 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-000220
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

What would CMP470’s commitment fee do to a battery like this? See the use case: Will CMP470’s commitment fee clear the battery queue?

Change history

Every change to this project across 151 registers from 29 Jan 2021 to 5 Nov 2026.

  • 23 Jun 2026 register
    350 MW now connected
  • 22 May 2026 register
    Status changed from Under Construction/Commissioning to Built
  • 21 Nov 2025 register
    Restructured from 2 stages (230 MW from 30 Jun 2024, 120 MW from 30 Oct 2038) to 1 stage (350 MW from 31 Mar 2025). First connection date +9 months
  • 29 Dec 2023 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (230 MW connected) to 2 stages (230 MW from 30 Jun 2024, 120 MW from 30 Oct 2038)
  • 29 Aug 2023 register
    Technology changed from Coal to Storage
  • 31 Jan 2023 register
    Renamed from Uskmouth Battery Energy Storage
  • 31 Jan 2023 register
    Connection point changed from Uskmouth 275kV Substation to Uskmouth 132kV Substation
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Renamed from Uskmouth
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Uskmouth 132kV to Uskmouth 275kV Substation
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Technology changed from Storage to Coal
  • 30 Sep 2022 register
    Customer changed from SIMEC USKMOUTH POWER LIMITED to USKMOUTH ENERGY STORAGE LIMITED
  • 30 Sep 2022 register
    Technology changed from Coal to Storage

Also at Uskmouth 132kV Substation

Substation view

2 other projects, 120 MW still to connect at this substation in total.

Status definitions (NESO)

Scoping: NESO is not aware that a planning application has been made.

Awaiting Consents: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that a planning application has been made.

Consents Approved: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that the planning application has been approved.

Terminated: used by NESO only in its register of 30 April 2021, for two projects that left the register the next month.

These statuses are NESO’s, not QueueWatch’s, and NESO describes them as “as far as we are aware”, so a project may be further along than its status shows.

Source: NESO