Power plant · Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom
A171, Guisborough Woods - Battery Energy Storage System
A171, Guisborough Woods - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom, with 28 MW of capacity.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Redcar and Cleveland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 20 Apr 2026 (permit R/2025/0456/FFM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Redcar and Cleveland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Jul 2025 (ref. R/2025/0456/FFM, Redcar and Cleveland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Apr 2026 (granted, ref. R/2025/0456/FFM, Redcar and Cleveland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.5440, -1.0587 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
A171, Guisborough Woods - Battery Energy Storage System is the 1,074th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,692nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 28 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,074th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,692nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,173rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 209 grid connections (109 operating, 1,254 MW), 103 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 28 MW grid connection at Guisborough BESS Direct | Grid connection | 28 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Solar 3.8 MW grid connection at Guisborough T1 T2 | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Guisborough T1 T2 | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Court Green Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 125 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Lackenby | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Redcar | Substation | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 45 km |
Place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.