Darnall Road

Darnall Road is a 40 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at West Melton GSP, with capacity due from October 2034. The connection agreement is held by Mercia Power Response Limited.

Project stageIn planning

Planning (current stage)
Consented (not yet reached)
Construction (not yet reached)
OperatingFrom Oct 2034 (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-003641
Customer: Mercia Power Response Limited
Technology: Energy Storage System
Total capacity: 40 MW
Change in this agreement: +40 MW
Capacity effective from: 30 October 2034
Connection site: West Melton 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 West Melton 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