Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Lakeside Energy Storage Facility
Lakeside Energy Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 99.9 MW of capacity, operated by Tag Energy UK.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Off New Road, YO8 8FP | 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 | 6 May 2021 (permit 2020/1357/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Dec 2020 (reference 2020/1357/FULM, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 May 2021 (granted, reference 2020/1357/FULM, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tag Energy UK | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99.9 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 | 53.7336, -0.9864 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Lakeside Energy Storage Facility is the 296th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 501st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99.9 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 | 296th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 501st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,415th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 490 grid connections (234 operating, 2,760 MW), 324 substations, 6 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 49.99 MW grid connection at Barlow Solar Direct | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Drax | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Battery storage 120 MW grid connection at Aura Power Direct | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Battery storage 60 MW grid connection at Drax Village BESS | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Camblesforth | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Drax Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
More from Tag Energy UK
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.