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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Richborough 2

RICHBOROUGH ENERGY PARK LIMITED at Richborough 400kV Substation

Connection date
Connected
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Planning consent
Granted 2 Dec 2021
Thanet, reference F/TH/21/0305 · Source: REPD
Technology
Storage
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-001164
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.

  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    Capacity changed from 50 MW to 0 MW
  • 26 Nov 2024 register
    50 MW now connected
  • 26 Nov 2024 register
    Capacity changed from 50 MW to 100 MW
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Connection date removed (was 25 Aug 2023)
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Built
  • 29 Sep 2023 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Jun 2023 to 25 Aug 2023 (+2 months)
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Richborough to Richborough 400kV Substation)
  • 30 Sep 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2022 to 30 Jun 2023 (+8 months)
  • 30 Aug 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Richborough 400kV to Richborough)

Also at Richborough 400kV Substation

Substation view

2 other projects, 249 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

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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