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BATTERY STORAGE · NGET

Zenobe Butler's Wood BESS

Zenobe Butler's Wood BESS is a 330 MW battery storage project in planning, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at Butlers Wood 400kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2034. The connection agreement is held by Zenobe Energy Limited.

Project stageIn planning
  1. Planning (current stage)
  2. Consented (not yet reached)
  3. Construction (not yet reached)
  4. OperatingFrom Oct 2034 (not yet reached)
  5. 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-004085
Customer
Zenobe Energy Limited
Technology
Energy Storage System
Total capacity
330 MW
Change in this agreement
+330 MW
Capacity effective from
31 October 2034
Connection site
Butlers Wood 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

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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