Power plant · Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Redcote Lane, Armley - Battery Storage Facility
Redcote Lane, Armley - Battery Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Leeds, England, United Kingdom, with 60 MW of capacity, operated by Cambridge Power Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Leeds (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Storage Land Adjacent 4 Redcote Lane Burley, LS4 2AL | 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 | 18 May 2023 (permit 22/05849/FU, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Sept 2022 (ref. 22/05849/FU, Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 May 2023 (granted, ref. 22/05849/FU, Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cambridge Power Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60 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 | 53.8069, -1.5859 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Redcote Lane, Armley - Battery Storage Facility is the 379th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 672nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 60 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 | 379th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 672nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,661st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 448 grid connections (227 operating, 2,252 MW), 345 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 15 MW grid connection at University Clarendon Way | Grid connection | 15 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Battery storage 60 MW grid connection at Redcote Lane Direct | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Kirkstall C 2/5 | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Kirkstall C/Ring Road Horsforth | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Kirkstall B | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Elawan Energy BESS Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 23 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.