Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Thorpe Marsh Power Station, Marsh Lane - Battery Energy Storage
Thorpe Marsh Power Station, Marsh Lane - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 1,400 MW of capacity, operated by Banks Group and West Burton Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Doncaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · 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 | Banks Group (West Burton Energy / Banks Group) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | West Burton Energy (West Burton Energy / Banks Group) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,400 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 |
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How it compares
Thorpe Marsh Power Station, Marsh Lane - Battery Energy Storage is the 19th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 34th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,400 MW is 0.47% 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 | 19th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.75% |
| United Kingdom | 34th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.47% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 48th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.21% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 497 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 |
Operators and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- 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.
- © 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.