Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Tara Melbourne Road, Thornton - Battery Energy Storage Facility
Tara Melbourne Road, Thornton - Battery Energy Storage Facility is a permitted battery storage plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by Rewe 9 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Of Tara Melbourne Road Thornton, YO42 4RJ | 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 | 28 Aug 2025 (permit 25/00852/STPLF, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Apr 2025 (reference 25/00852/STPLF, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Aug 2025 (granted, reference 25/00852/STPLF, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Rewe 9 Limited (applicant) | 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 | 53.8981, -0.8138 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 25/00852/STPLF)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 25/00852/STPLF)
How it compares
Tara Melbourne Road, Thornton - Battery Energy Storage Facility is the 173rd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 269th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 173rd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.12% |
| United Kingdom | 269th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 745th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 380 grid connections (184 operating, 2,415 MW), 204 substations, 3 transmission lines, 3 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayton | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Sandhill Lane | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Waste 1.995 MW grid connection at Southgate | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 7.5 km |
| Solar 2.66 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 2.66 MW | Planned | 8.2 km |
| Elvington | Substation | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 12.5 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Planned | 9.7 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 28 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 30 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
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- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
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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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