Power plant · Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Harker Moss - Battery Energy Storage System
Harker Moss - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, with 360 MW of capacity, operated by ESB 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 | Cumberland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adj To Harker Substation Known As Harker Moss, Carlisle, CA6 4DQ | 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 | 9 Jul 2025 (permit 24/0680, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Nov 2024 (reference 24/0680, planning authority Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 24/0680, planning authority Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | ESB Limited (ESB (Harker) Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 360 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 | 54.9432, -2.9612 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Cumberland, reference 24/0680)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cumberland, reference 24/0680)
How it compares
Harker Moss - Battery Energy Storage System is the 130th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 195th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 360 MW is 0.12% 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 | 130th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.19% |
| United Kingdom | 195th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.12% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 432nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 80 grid connections (39 operating, 450 MW), 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harker / Hutton GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Carlisle North BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Project Willow Bank grid connection | Grid connection | 99.4 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Salford Road grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Newtown of Rockcliffe grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Westlinton | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
Operator and 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.