Power plant · South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
Church Bank - Battery Storage System
Church Bank - Battery Storage System is a planned power plant in South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by AMG Energy.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Tyneside (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Formerly M H Southern, Church Bank, Jarrow, NE32 3EB | 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 | 5 Sept 2025 (ref. 250408, South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AMG Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 | 54.9800, -1.4683 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Church Bank - Battery Storage System is the 248th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 426th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 248th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 426th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,276th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 262 grid connections (134 operating, 1,772 MW) and 150 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simonside | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Port of Tyne BESS Extension grid connection | Grid connection | 35.1 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Solar 3 MW grid connection at Simonside | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Port of Tyne BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| South Shields | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Howdon | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.