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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Penwortham Green Energy Centre

Penwortham NG Limited at Penwortham 400kV Substation

Connection date
30 Oct 2035
Gate
Gate 1
Status
Awaiting Consents
Technology
Demand + Storage + Solar
Total capacity
600 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
600 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001694
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?

Change history

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

  • 3 Jul 2026 register
    Customer changed from PENWORTHAM GREEN ENERGY LIMITED to Penwortham NG Limited
  • 16 Dec 2025 register
    Marked as Gate 1
  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Restructured from 4 stages (0 MW from 30 Oct 2035, 200 MW from 30 Oct 2035, 400 MW from 31 Oct 2035, 0 MW from 30 Oct 2037) to 1 stage (600 MW from 30 Oct 2035)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2035 (+108 months)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 200 MW to 0 MW
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2037 to 30 Oct 2035 (−24 months)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    New stage added (200 MW from 30 Oct 2035)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    New stage added (0 MW from 30 Oct 2037)
  • 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
  • 24 Dec 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2036 to 31 Oct 2037 (+12 months)
  • 28 Jul 2023 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (400 MW from 31 Oct 2026) to 2 stages (400 MW from 31 Oct 2026, 200 MW from 31 Oct 2036)
  • 30 Sep 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 (1 day later)
  • 29 Jul 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Penwortham to Penwortham GSP
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Penwortham 400kV Substation

Substation view

5 other projects, 2.7 GW still to connect at this substation in total. 2.1 GW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 30 Oct 2035.

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