Power plant · Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
Thurcroft Interchange Energy Park - Battery Energy Storage System
Thurcroft Interchange Energy Park - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned battery storage plant in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Exagen.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Rotherham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Morthern Lane, Thurcroft, Rotherham, S66 9JQ | 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 | 6 Jun 2025 (reference RB2025/0714, planning authority Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Exagen (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4045, -1.2734 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Rotherham, reference RB2025/0714)
How it compares
Thurcroft Interchange Energy Park - Battery Energy Storage System is the 380th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 691st-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 380th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 691st of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,768th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 349 grid connections (188 operating, 2,059 MW), 277 substations, 10 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 49.9 MW grid connection at Green Lane BESS | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Green Lane BESS | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Battery storage 85 MW grid connection at NEL Green BESS | Grid connection | 85 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Thurcroft | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| New Orchard Lane | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Silverwood | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Hive IT | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Operator and place
More from Exagen
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- Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery Storage75 MW · permitted
- Greenhead Energy Park49.9 MW · planned
- Old Wood Energy Park - Solar Pv Panel49.9 MW · permitted
- Mantle Solar Farm, Wymeswold - Solar Farm49.9 MW · planned
- Thurcroft Interchange Energy Park - Solar Farm49.9 MW · planned
- Highfield Energy Park40 MW · planned
- Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery Storage25 MW · permitted
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- 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.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.