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East Claydon Greener Grid Park 

Welcome to our dedicated website for our proposals for a new Greener Grid Park on land near East Claydon Substation.

 

You are invited to our drop-in exhibition

Date Location Time
19th March 2025 East and Botolph Claydon Village Hall, Botyl Road, MK18 2LR 3pm – 8pm

Online exhibition

An online exhibition providing the same information as the in-person exhibition, and the opportunity to leave comments and feedback, is now live.

 

About East Claydon Greener Grid Park 

Greener Grid Parks, including the one proposed at East Claydon will help achieve a renewables-ready network. As renewable energy generation increases across Great Britain, new ways to maintain system stability are required.

Should East Claydon Greener Grid Park get planning consented it will include two types of technology to support grid stability – a Battery Energy Storage System and Synchronous Compensators. 

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) capture and store energy for future use. Synchronous Compensators are large electrical machines with flywheels which can replace the spinning turbines of a traditional power station but without emitting any carbon dioxide.

In August we submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Request to Buckinghamshire Council to progress our plans for East Claydon Greener Grid Park.

This was not a planning application, but is the earliest stage of the planning process to help inform the key studies that will be required to be undertaken and included in any future planning application. 

We are now consulting the community on the plans in advance of submitting a planning application and would welcome your questions and feedback. 

 

This website will be kept updated as our plans progress. 

Why do we need Greener Grid Parks?

Greener Grid Parks are a collection of buildings containing zero carbon technology which stabilise the grid, allowing more renewable energy to be transmitted through the network. They are not a wind or solar farm, the buildings resemble storage units or shipping containers. 

Project timeline

  • Stage 1: Site Selection

    Extensive research to identify suitable sites.

  • Stage 2: Pre-Planning

    We submitted an Environmental Assessment Scoping Request to Buckinghamshire Council. We are holding a public consultation in March 2025.

  • Stage 3: Submit Planning Application, and Await Decision

  • Stage 4: Construction

  • Stage 5: Operation

     

     

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Alison Hood
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