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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Bramley BESS

BRAMLEY BESS LIMITED at Bramley 400kV Substation

Connection date
30 Oct 2027 +25 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Under Construction/Commissioning
Technology
Storage
Total capacity
57 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
57 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001104
In the register since
March 2021

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?

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
10505030 Oct 2027Gate 2Under Construction/Commissioning
2075731 Oct 2037Not statedUnder Construction/Commissioning

Change history

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

  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Gate marking removed (was Gate 2)
  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Stage 1: Status changed from Consents Approved to Under Construction/Commissioning
  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Consents Approved to Under Construction/Commissioning
  • 7 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 29 Sep 2025 to 30 Oct 2027 (+25 months)
  • 7 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 1: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 7 Aug 2026 register
    Stage 2: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 28 Jul 2023 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (50 MW from 1 Jul 2024) to 2 stages (50 MW from 29 Sep 2025, 7 MW from 31 Oct 2037). First connection date +15 months
  • 31 Jan 2023 register
    Renamed from Bramley Solar Farm
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Renamed from Bramley BESS
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Technology changed from Storage to Solar
  • 29 Nov 2022 register
    Renamed from Bramley Solar Farm
  • 29 Nov 2022 register
    Technology changed from Solar to Storage
  • 31 May 2022 register
    Customer changed from AGR SOLAR 5 LIMITED to BRAMLEY BESS LIMITED
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Bramley 400kV to Bramley 400kV Substation)
  • 25 Feb 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Jul 2023 to 1 Jul 2024 (+12 months)
  • 30 Mar 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Bramley 400kV Substation

Substation view

2 other projects, 114 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