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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Whitegate Tertiary Connection

HD144WHI LTD at Whitegate 275kV Substation

Connection date
Connected
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Planning consent
Granted 19 May 2022
Oldham, reference FUL/348501/22 · Source: REPD
Technology
Storage
Total capacity
57 MW
Connected now
57 MW
Still to connect
0 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-000512
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.

  • 24 Sep 2026 register
    57 MW now connected
  • 24 Sep 2026 register
    Status changed from Consents Approved to Built
  • 28 Feb 2023 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Whitegate GSP to Whitegate 275kV Substation)
  • 28 Feb 2023 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 28 Feb 2023 register
    Technology changed from Gas engines to Storage
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Whitegate to Whitegate GSP)
  • 28 Sep 2021 register
    Capacity changed from 49.9 MW to 57 MW
  • 28 Sep 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Oct 2022 to 30 Jun 2024 (+21 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 10 Jan 2022 to 1 Oct 2022 (+9 months)

Also at Whitegate 275kV Substation

Substation view

No other projects in the register at this connection point.

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

Planning consent

The planning decision or stage for this project, from DESNZ’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), July 2026 edition, with the planning authority and its reference. QueueWatch matched the project to that record. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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