NEL Nicholson

NEL Nicholson is a 180 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at Thorpe Marsh GSP, with capacity due from October 2035. The connection agreement is held by UE 2 LTD.

Project stageIn planning

Planning (current stage)
Consented (not yet reached)
Construction (not yet reached)
OperatingFrom Oct 2035 (not yet reached)
Closed (not yet reached)

Scoping and awaiting consents are both shown as planning. A connection agreement does not mean the project will be built: many queue projects never reach construction.

Connection details

NESO project number: PRO-002816
Customer: UE 2 LTD
Technology: Energy Storage System
Total capacity: 180 MW
Change in this agreement: +180 MW
Capacity effective from: 31 October 2035
Connection site: Thorpe Marsh GSP
Transmission owner: National Grid (England & Wales)
Connection type: Embedded (connects through the local distribution network)
NESO project status: Scoping

Connection site

The marker shows the connection substation, not the project itself, with the transmission network around it.

Projects connecting near Thorpe Marsh GSP · Grid map

Source: NESO Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) register, downloaded 8 November 2026. Contains data from NESO, licensed under the NESO Open Data Licence. Report a problem