Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Stocking Lane - Battery Energy Facility
Stocking Lane - Battery Energy Facility is a planned power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by Nel Tiger.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Stocking Lane, Weeland Road, Knottingley, WF11 8DL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Sept 2023 (reference ZG2023/0938/FULM, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Nel Tiger | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 200 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 | 53.7098, -1.2051 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference ZG2023/0938/FULM)
How it compares
Stocking Lane - Battery Energy Facility is the 177th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 279th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 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 | 177th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 279th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 741st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 440 grid connections (224 operating, 2,559 MW), 377 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 200 MW grid connection at Stocking Lane BESS Direct | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Battery storage 240 MW grid connection at NEL Conway2 BESS Direct | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Gas 7 MW grid connection at Beal | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Beal | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Weeland Road | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Ferrybridge A | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 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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- 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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