Power plant · Bradford, England, United Kingdom
Midland Road - Battery Energy Storage
Midland Road - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Bradford, England, United Kingdom, with 80 MW of capacity.
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 | Bradford (coordinates), England | 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 | 20 Dec 2024 (permit 23/03888/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bradford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Oct 2023 (ref. 23/03888/FUL, Bradford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Dec 2024 (granted, ref. 23/03888/FUL, Bradford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 80 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 | 53.8042, -1.7542 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Know more about this power plant, or want an introduction to its owner? Ask us.
How it compares
Midland Road - Battery Energy Storage is the 348th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 587th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 80 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 | 348th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 587th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,523rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 449 grid connections (231 operating, 2,109 MW), 289 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 80 MW grid connection at Midland Road BESS Direct | Grid connection | 80 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Bradford | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Balme Street | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Rawson Road | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| University of Bradford grid connection | Grid connection | 1.4 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Gas 1.521 MW grid connection at Mount Street | Grid connection | 1.52 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 33 km |
Place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.