Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Thorpe Marsh Power Station - Battery Energy Storage
Thorpe Marsh Power Station - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 1,450 MW of capacity, operated by West Burton Energy.
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 | Doncaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Thorpe Marsh Power Station Marsh Lane Barnby Dun Doncaster, DN3 1ET | 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 Jan 2025 (permit 23/00537/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Apr 2023 (reference 23/00537/FULM, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Jan 2025 (granted, reference 23/00537/FULM, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | West Burton Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,450 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 | 53.5811, -1.0819 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchAlso recorded as
2 sources record Thorpe Marsh Power Station - Battery Energy Storage; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe Marsh Power Station - Battery Energy Storage | asset:repd:19801 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | — |
| Thorpe Marsh Energy Park | asset:neso-tec:pro-001620 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and capacity |
How it compares
Thorpe Marsh Power Station - Battery Energy Storage is the 18th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 31st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,450 MW is 0.48% 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 | 18th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.78% |
| United Kingdom | 31st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.48% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 44th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.22% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 411 grid connections (214 operating, 2,238 MW), 332 substations, 7 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 180 MW grid connection at Fordstead Lane BESS | Grid connection | 180 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 89.9 MW grid connection at South Road Mixed Tech | Grid connection | 89.9 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Waste 30 MW grid connection at Sandall Stones W2E | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Kirk Sandall | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Rockware | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Stainforth | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 8.8 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 20 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 24 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 National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- 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.