Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Kingston International Business Park - Battery Energy Storage System
Kingston International Business Park - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by Story Contracting Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Kingston International Business Park, Hull, HU12 8DX | 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 | 2 Jul 2025 (permit 24/02654/STPLF, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Oct 2024 (ref. 24/02654/STPLF, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Jul 2025 (granted, ref. 24/02654/STPLF, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Story Contracting Limited | 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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7483, -0.2258 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Kingston International Business Park - 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 300,661 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 | 177th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 279th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 741st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 229 grid connections (116 operating, 1,924 MW), 111 substations, 1 CO2 emitter and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 200 MW grid connection at NEL Suggit BESS Direct | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Wind 1.425 MW grid connection at Hull East 33/11kV | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Hull Waste Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Yorkshire Water Hull Road | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Saltend 132/33kV | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Saltend North | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 12 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 14 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.