Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Monk Fryston Battery Storage
Monk Fryston Battery Storage is a power plant under construction in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 320 MW of capacity, operated by SSE Renewables.
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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land South Of Electricity Substation Rawfield Lane, Fairburn, Selby, LS25 5JB | 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 | 1 Dec 2022 (permit 2021/0789/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 | 23 Jun 2021 (ref. 2021/0789/FULM, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Dec 2021 (refused, ref. 2021/0789/FULM, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Dec 2022 (granted, ref. 2021/0789/FULM, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Dec 2022 (appeal granted, ref. 2021/0789/FULM, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SSE Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 320 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 | 53.7545, -1.2645 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Monk Fryston Battery Storage is the 136th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 210th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 320 MW is 0.11% 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 | 136th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.17% |
| United Kingdom | 210th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.11% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 465th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 445 grid connections (221 operating, 2,424 MW), 379 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 99.9 MW grid connection at Monk Fryston Solar Direct | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Solar 49.95 MW grid connection at Hillam Solar Farm | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| Battery storage 94.9 MW grid connection at Ferrybridge BESS Direct | Grid connection | 94.9 MW | Planned | 3.9 km |
| Kirkhaw Lane | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Ferrybridge A | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Ferrybridge A 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 16 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 42 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
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- 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.