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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Cowley Energy Storage

BW ESS DEVELOPMENT UK LIMITED at Cowley 400kV Substation

Connection date
14 Jul 2028 −16 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Technology
Storage
Total capacity
200 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
200 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-002066
In the register since
December 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.

  • 30 Oct 2026 register
    Stage removed (100 MW from 6 Dec 2036)
  • 27 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2029 to 14 Jul 2028 (−16 months)
  • 27 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 27 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (200 MW from 25 Oct 2028) to 2 stages (200 MW from 31 Oct 2029, 100 MW from 6 Dec 2036). First connection date +12 months
  • 31 Jan 2025 register
    Customer changed from Penso Power Limited to BW ESS DEVELOPMENT UK LIMITED
  • 28 Jun 2024 register
    Status changed from Awaiting Consents to Scoping
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Added to the register

Also at Cowley 400kV Substation

Substation view

4 other projects, 1.2 GW still to connect at this substation in total. 57 MW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 14 Jul 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