Power plant · Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
Moat Lane, Wickersley - Battery Storage Facility
Moat Lane, Wickersley - Battery Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Harmony Energy Storage.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Rotherham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Moat Lane, Wickerlsey, Rotherham, S66 1DZ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 19 Nov 2025 (permit RB2024/0321, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Feb 2024 (ref. RB2024/0321, Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Nov 2025 (granted, ref. RB2024/0321, Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Nov 2025 (appeal granted, ref. RB2024/0321, Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Harmony Energy Storage | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 | 53.4073, -1.2655 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Moat Lane, Wickersley - Battery Storage Facility is the 248th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 426th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 248th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 426th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,276th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 506 grid connections (189 operating, 2,071 MW), 268 substations and 2 transmission lines, 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 and Solar 88.59 MW grid connection at Parkcliff Farm BESS Direct | Grid connection | 88.6 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Thurcroft | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Green Lane BESS | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Battery storage 85 MW grid connection at NEL Green BESS | Grid connection | 85 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| New Orchard Lane | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Silverwood | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 43 km |
Operator and place
More from Harmony Energy Storage
- Flushing, Longside - Battery Energy Storage System400 MW · planned
- Barn Farm - Batter Energy Storage Facility200 MW · permitted
- Clay Tye Farm Phase 1 - Storage Facility49.5 MW
- Clay Tye Farm Phase 2 - Storage Facility49.5 MW
- Station Road49.5 MW
- Pillswood Phase 149.5 MW
- Tollgate Farm Battery Storage49.5 MW · under construction
- Pillswood Phase 249.5 MW
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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.