Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage
South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 99.9 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Energy Systems.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Spennymoor Electricity Substation, South Thinford Lane, Thinford, Durham, DH6 5JX | 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 | 21 Oct 2022 (permit DM/22/00120/FPA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Jan 2022 (reference DM/22/00120/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Oct 2022 (granted, reference DM/22/00120/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Energy Systems | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.7059, -1.5530 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/22/00120/FPA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/22/00120/FPA)
How it compares
South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage is the 296th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 501st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99.9 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 296th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 501st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,415th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 283 grid connections (142 operating, 1,381 MW), 167 substations and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spennymoor 132/66kV | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Solar 1.7 MW grid connection at Spennymoor 66/20kV | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Spennymoor 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Spennymoor GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at The Tavern BESS Direct | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Battery storage 104.4 MW grid connection at Thinford BESS Direct | Grid connection | 104 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
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- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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