Project Overview
Withy Place BESS, located in Silchester, Reading. The site will be able to power 100,000 homes for a period of two hours once fully operational.
The project is in the greenbelt and has been designed to be visually inkeeping with this agricultural setting. The project also features complex acoustic engineering requirements and has been carefully designed to ensure it will result in no net increase in background noise levels, even when operating at night where the background noise level drops substantially.
PRE APPLICATION
The development of the Withy Place project began in July 2024.
This project will deliver 100MWh of energy storage, enough to power 100,000 homes.
During development Root-Power worked closely with the local ecology team and the highways department at the planning authority to ensure preservation of existing trees and hedgerows both around the development but also along the route of the incoming 132kv electricity cable.
Root-Power targeted the location due to its proximity to Bramley substation which is less than 500m from the project site and has recently been reinforced as part of SEPDs long-term development strategy. Because of this project has a 2027 connection date and construction on the project is expected commence in early 2026.
- Capacity: 50MW
- Storage: 100MWh
- Homes Powered: 100,000
- Energisation Date: Mid-2027