Power plant · Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
Heysham Energy Storage Project
Heysham Energy Storage Project is a cancelled battery storage plant in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by Kona Energy 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 | Lancaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O A683 Lancaster, Morecambe Bypass, Morecambe, LA3 2FQ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 23 May 2022 (permit 21/01069/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Aug 2021 (reference 21/01069/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 May 2022 (granted, reference 21/01069/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Kona Energy Limited (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 | 54.0370, -2.8832 | 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 Lancaster, reference 21/01069/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Lancaster, reference 21/01069/FUL)
How it compares
Heysham Energy Storage Project is the 103rd-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 152nd-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 103rd of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | 0.15% |
| United Kingdom | 152nd of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,238th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 206 grid connections (111 operating, 1,294 MW), 143 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEL Heysham BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 90 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Heysham GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Borrans Lane BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| North Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Trimpell BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Westgate | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 16 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 20 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 32 km |
Operator and place
More from Kona Energy Limited
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.