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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Lakeside Energy Drax

LAKESIDE ENERGY STORAGE LIMITED at Drax 132kV Substation

Connection date
Connected
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Planning consent
Granted 6 May 2021
North Yorkshire, reference 2020/1357/FULM · Source: REPD
Technology
Storage
Total capacity
99.9 MW
Connected now
99.9 MW
Still to connect
0 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001522
In the register since
July 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?

Change history

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

  • 30 May 2025 register
    0.9 MW now connected
  • 30 May 2025 register
    Capacity changed from 99 MW to 99.9 MW
  • 31 Jan 2025 register
    99 MW now connected
  • 31 Jan 2025 register
    Capacity changed from 99.9 MW to 99 MW
  • 24 Dec 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 29 Mar 2024 to 29 Sep 2024 (+6 months)
  • 24 Dec 2024 register
    Status changed from Consents Approved to Built
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Drax GSP to Drax 132kV Substation)
  • 30 May 2023 register
    Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2023 to 29 Mar 2024 (+5 months)
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Drax to Drax GSP
  • 31 Dec 2021 register
    Customer changed from RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS LIMITED to Lakeside Energy Storage Limited
  • 30 Jul 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Drax 132kV Substation

Substation view

1 other project, 190 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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