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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

SSE Fiddlers Ferry Battery Energy Storage

LITTLETON PASTURES SOLAR LIMITED at Fiddlers Ferry 275kV Substation

Connection date
12 Feb 2027 +3 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Planning consent
Granted 20 Jun 2023
Warrington, reference 2022/41800 · Source: REPD
Technology
Storage
Total capacity
150 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
150 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001762
In the register since
March 2022

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.

  • 13 Oct 2026 register
    Customer changed from SSE FIDDLERS FERRY BATTERY LIMITED to LITTLETON PASTURES SOLAR LIMITED
  • 21 Sep 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 21 Sep 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 4 Aug 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Oct 2026 to 12 Feb 2027 (+3 months)
  • 26 Jun 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 12 Feb 2027 to 30 Oct 2026 (−3 months)
  • 5 Jun 2026 register
    Gate marking removed (was Gate 2)
  • 2 Jun 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Oct 2026 to 12 Feb 2027 (+3 months)
  • 2 Jun 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Stage removed (0 MW from 1 Nov 2037)
  • 29 Aug 2025 register
    Customer changed from SSE UTILITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED to SSE FIDDLERS FERRY BATTERY LIMITED
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 150 MW to 0 MW
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage removed (150 MW from 30 Apr 2025)
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    New stage added (150 MW from 30 Oct 2026)
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    New stage added (150 MW from 1 Nov 2037)
  • 28 Feb 2025 register
    Customer changed from SSE FIDDLERS FERRY BATTERY LIMITED to SSE UTILITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  • 26 Nov 2024 register
    Customer changed from SSE UTILITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED to SSE FIDDLERS FERRY BATTERY LIMITED
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Jun 2024 to 30 Apr 2025 (+10 months)
  • 30 May 2023 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Awaiting Consents
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Fiddlers Ferry 275kV to Fiddlers Ferry 275kV Substation)
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    Added to the register

Also at Fiddlers Ferry 275kV Substation

Substation view

2 other projects, 1.3 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

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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