Power plant · Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Daines Battery Energy Storage System
Daines Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Trafford, England, United Kingdom, with 600 MW of capacity, operated by SSE Daines BESS Limited.
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 | Trafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Ashton Road, Carrington, Manchester, M31 4AP | 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 | 15 May 2025 (permit 115160/FUL/24, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Oct 2024 (reference 115160/FUL/24, planning authority Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 May 2025 (granted, reference 115160/FUL/24, planning authority Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SSE Daines BESS Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 600 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 | 53.4211, -2.3734 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Daines Battery Energy Storage System is the 59th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 90th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 600 MW is 0.2% 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 | 59th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.32% |
| United Kingdom | 90th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.2% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 192nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 360 substations, 355 grid connections (195 operating, 1,819 MW), 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Fowl Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Carrington Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Ashton on Mersey | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Altrincham WWTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Carrington BSP BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| NWGB Partington | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Delta House | Data center | — | — | 8.9 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.