Power plant · Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom
Eskrigg End Road, Old Hutton - Battery Energy Storage System
Eskrigg End Road, Old Hutton - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Westmorland and Furness (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 | 10 Jul 2025 (permit 2024/2413/FPA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Westmorland and Furness) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Oct 2024 (reference 2024/2413/FPA, planning authority Westmorland and Furness) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 2024/2413/FPA, planning authority Westmorland and Furness) | 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 | 54.2963, -2.6601 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 2024/2413/FPA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 2024/2413/FPA)
How it compares
Eskrigg End Road, Old Hutton - Battery Energy Storage System is the 177th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 279th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 177th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 279th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 741st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 109 grid connections (52 operating, 324 MW), 62 substations, 1 transmission line and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Hutton BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Greaves Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Armistead Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 17.1 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Kendal | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Kendal (Parkside RD) BSP | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Mintsfeet | Substation | — | — | 7.3 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 47 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 48 km |
Place
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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.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.