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BATTERY STORAGE · NGETStrataStore - Cheshire Energy Storage Facility
StrataStore - Cheshire Energy Storage Facility is a 200 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at Gorstage 400kV Substation, with capacity due from November 2037. The connection agreement is held by Kistos Energy Storage Ltd.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Nov 2037 (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-003978
- Customer
- Kistos Energy Storage Ltd
- Technology
- Energy Storage System, Reactive Compensation
- Total capacity
- 200 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +200 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 30 November 2037
- Connection site
- Gorstage 400kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- National Grid (England & Wales)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
Connection site
The marker shows the place the connection site is named after, not the project itself, with the transmission network around it.
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