Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Sweetbriar Farm - Battery Energy Storage System
Sweetbriar Farm - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 800 MW of capacity, operated by Lightrock Power.
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 Lincolnshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Sweetbriar Farm, Ulceby, DN39 6TX | 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 | 2 Jul 2025 (reference PA/2025/794, planning authority North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightrock Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 800 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 | 53.6230, -0.3003 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Sweetbriar Farm - Battery Energy Storage System is the 47th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 75th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 800 MW is 0.27% 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 | 47th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.43% |
| United Kingdom | 75th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.27% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 134th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.12% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 272 grid connections (128 operating, 2,045 MW), 116 substations, 3 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 30 MW grid connection at Sweet Briar Farm | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Eastfield Road | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Gas 39 MW grid connection at Lindsey Oil Refinery 1A_1B | Grid connection | 39 MW | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Clough Lane | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Gas 3.5 MW grid connection at Wrawby | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
| Humber Road | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 21 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 25 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 42 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- 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.