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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Beechgreen Energyfarm

BEECHGREEN ENERGYFARM LIMITED at Burwell Main 400kV Substation

Connection date
Connected
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Technology
Solar
Total capacity
50 MW
Connected now
50 MW
Still to connect
0 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001018
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Change history

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

  • 31 Oct 2025 register
    0.1 MW now connected
  • 31 Oct 2025 register
    Capacity changed from 49.9 MW to 50 MW
  • 31 May 2024 register
    49.9 MW now connected
  • 31 May 2024 register
    Capacity changed from 50 MW to 49.9 MW
  • 26 Apr 2024 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Built
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 21 Oct 2022 to 12 Jan 2024 (+15 months)
  • 31 Jan 2023 register
    Renamed from Beechgreen Energyfarm Limited
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Renamed from Beechgreen Energyfarm
  • 30 Aug 2022 register
    Renamed from Beechgreen Energyfarm Limited
  • 29 Jul 2022 register
    Renamed from Upware Solar Farm
  • 29 Jul 2022 register
    Customer changed from BURWELL SOLAR LIMITED to BEECHGREEN ENERGYFARM LIMITED
  • 29 Jul 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Burwell 400kV to Burwell Main 400kV Substation
  • 28 Sep 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Aug 2021 to 21 Oct 2022 (+14 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Customer changed from BURWELL 1 SOLAR LIMITED to BURWELL SOLAR LIMITED

Also at Burwell Main 400kV Substation

Substation view

1 other project, 57 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