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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Drakelow Green Energy Centre

DRAKELOW NG LIMITED at Drakelow 400kV Substation

Connection date
30 Apr 2028
Gate
Not stated
Status
Awaiting Consents
Technology
Demand + Storage + Solar
Total capacity
1,025 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
1,025 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001693
In the register since
November 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
1040040030 Apr 2028Not statedAwaiting Consents
206251,02530 Oct 2029Not statedAwaiting Consents

Change history

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

  • 16 Jan 2026 register
    Customer changed from DRAKELOW GREEN ENERGY LIMITED to DRAKELOW NG LIMITED
  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Stage removed (0 MW from 30 Oct 2037)
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 30 Oct 2026 to 30 Apr 2028 (+18 months)
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Stage 1: Technology changed from Storage, Solar to Demand, Storage, Solar
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Stage 2: Technology changed from Storage, Solar to Demand, Storage, Solar
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    New stage added (0 MW from 30 Oct 2037)
  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    Customer changed from DRAKELOW NO LIMITED to DRAKELOW GREEN ENERGY LIMITED
  • 28 Mar 2025 register
    Customer changed from DRAKELOW GREEN ENERGY LIMITED to DRAKELOW NO LIMITED
  • 28 Jul 2023 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (1,025 MW from 30 Oct 2026) to 2 stages (400 MW from 30 Oct 2026, 625 MW from 30 Oct 2029)
  • 30 May 2023 register
    Capacity changed from 400 MW to 1,025 MW
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Drakelow 400kV to Drakelow 400kV Substation)
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Drakelow 400kV Substation

Substation view

6 other projects, 3 GW still to connect at this substation in total. 380 MW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 30 Apr 2028.

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