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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Flash Solar Farm

ELEMENTS GREEN TRENT LTD at Staythorpe 400kV Substation

Connection date
31 May 2027
Gate
Not stated
Status
Consents Approved
Technology
Storage + Solar
Total capacity
800 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
800 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001634
In the register since
December 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
1036036031 May 2027Not statedConsents Approved
204408001 May 2028Not statedConsents Approved

Change history

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

  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Stage removed (0 MW from 1 May 2028)
  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Stage removed (0 MW from 31 Oct 2030)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    New stage added (0 MW from 1 May 2028)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    New stage added (0 MW from 31 Oct 2030)
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 30 Aug 2026 to 31 May 2027 (+9 months)
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 1 Aug 2025 to 30 Aug 2026 (+13 months)
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage 1: Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 40 MW to 440 MW
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 1 May 2027 to 1 May 2028 (+12 months)
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage removed (200 MW from 1 Aug 2027)
  • 30 Jul 2024 register
    Stage removed (200 MW from 1 May 2028)
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Customer changed from ECAP Renewables Staythorpe Ltd to ELEMENTS GREEN TRENT LTD
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Stage 1: Capacity changed from 400 MW to 360 MW
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2027 to 1 Aug 2025 (−27 months)
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 400 MW to 40 MW
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 1 Jul 2028 to 1 May 2027 (−14 months)
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    New stage added (200 MW from 1 Aug 2027)
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    New stage added (200 MW from 1 May 2028)
  • 29 Nov 2022 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (800 MW from 31 Oct 2025) to 2 stages (400 MW from 31 Oct 2027, 400 MW from 1 Jul 2028). First connection date +24 months
  • 31 Dec 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Staythorpe 400kV Substation

Substation view

4 other projects, 1.9 GW 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