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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Penwortham BESS

PENWORTHAM (BES) LTD at Penwortham 400kV Substation

Connection date
30 Oct 2028 +12 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Technology
Storage
Total capacity
57 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
57 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001804
In the register since
April 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.

  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 24 Jul 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Oct 2027 to 30 Oct 2028 (+12 months)
  • 24 Jul 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Stage removed (0 MW from 30 Oct 2037)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (57 MW from 31 Oct 2024) to 2 stages (57 MW from 30 Oct 2027, 0 MW from 30 Oct 2037). First connection date +36 months
  • 31 Jan 2023 register
    Customer changed from SHAW-ENERGI LTD to Penwortham (BES) Ltd
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Customer changed from Penwortham (BES) Ltd to SHAW-ENERGI LTD
  • 29 Nov 2022 register
    Customer changed from SHAW-ENERGI LTD to Penwortham (BES) Ltd
  • 29 Jul 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Penwortham to Penwortham 400kV Substation
  • 29 Apr 2022 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.

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