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BATTERY STORAGE · NGETGreat Coates BESS
Great Coates BESS is a 300 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at Grimsby West 400kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2035. The connection agreement is held by Bruton One BESS Limited.
- 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-003960
- Customer
- Bruton One BESS Limited
- Technology
- Energy Storage System
- Total capacity
- 300 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +300 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 30 October 2035
- Connection site
- Grimsby West 400kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- National Grid (England & Wales)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
- Connections reform gate
- Gate 1
Connection site
The marker shows the connection substation, not the project itself, with the transmission network around it.
Other projects at Grimsby West 400kV Substation
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3Gas · 3.6 GW · Scoping
- Stallingborough Carbon Capture CcgtGas · 906 MW · Scoping
- Carbon Free 2030Solar + storage · 500 MW · Scoping
- Grimsby BESSBattery storage · 500 MW · Scoping
- Stallingborough PV & BESS StationSolar + storage · 500 MW · Scoping
- EcoGrimsbyWestSolar + storage · 249 MW · Scoping
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