Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Carrs Farm, South Hetton - Battery Energy Storage System
Carrs Farm, South Hetton - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by Stephenson Halliday.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | E/O Carrs Farm, South Hetton, Durham, DH6 2RY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 May 2025 (reference DM/25/01345/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Stephenson Halliday (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 200 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.7976, -1.3889 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/25/01345/FPA)
How it compares
Carrs Farm, South Hetton - Battery Energy Storage System is the 174th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 270th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 174th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | 0.12% |
| United Kingdom | 270th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 732nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 283 grid connections (144 operating, 1,784 MW), 166 substations and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at Hawthorn Coke Works | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Battery storage 101.3 MW grid connection at Woodland BESS | Grid connection | 101 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Hawthorn Pit Bess | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Hawthorn Pit | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Hawthorn Pit Grid | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Stoney Cut | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
- Navitus Bay Wind Park970 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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