Power plant · South Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Hornsea Project Three - Battery Storage
Hornsea Project Three - Battery Storage is a power plant under construction in South Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, with 300 MW of capacity, operated by Orsted Power 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 | South Norfolk (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | E/O Main Road, Swardeston, NR4 6US | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 23 Jan 2023 (permit 2022/0867, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Norfolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Apr 2022 (reference 2022/0867, planning authority South Norfolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jan 2023 (granted, reference 2022/0867, planning authority South Norfolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Orsted Power Limited (Orsted Power (UK) Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 300 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 | 52.5760, 1.2509 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority South Norfolk, reference 2022/0867)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Norfolk, reference 2022/0867)
How it compares
Hornsea Project Three - Battery Storage is the 141st-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 213th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 300 MW is 0.11% of the 279,978 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 | 141st of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | 0.17% |
| United Kingdom | 213th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | 0.11% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 476th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 1.5 km |
| LionLink Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 46 km |
Operator and place
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- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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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.
- 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.