Power plant · Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Skelton Grange Battery Storage Facility
Skelton Grange Battery Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Leeds, England, United Kingdom, with 99 MW of capacity, operated by Catalyst Capital LLP.
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 | Former Skelton Grange Power Station Site West Road North Leeds, LS10 1RR | 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 | 4 Aug 2021 (permit 21/02628/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 | 8 Apr 2021 (ref. 21/02628/FU, Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Aug 2021 (granted, ref. 21/02628/FU, Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Catalyst Capital LLP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99 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 | 53.7788, -1.4881 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Skelton Grange Battery Storage Facility is the 319th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 526th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99 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 | 319th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 526th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,440th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 437 grid connections (220 operating, 2,178 MW), 363 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 4 MW grid connection at Pontefract Lane 1/2 | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Skelton Grange | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Gas 45 MW grid connection at South Road CHP Direct | Grid connection | 45 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Skelton Grange Road grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Knostrop | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Stourton 132/11kV Direct | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 19 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.