Power plant · Barnsley, England, United Kingdom
Tofts Lane, Hunshelf - Battery Storage
Tofts Lane, Hunshelf - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Harmony HS Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Barnsley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Tofts Lane, Hunshelf, S36 8YR | 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 | 13 Nov 2023 (permit 2023/0322, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Barnsley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Mar 2023 (ref. 2023/0322, Barnsley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Nov 2023 (granted, ref. 2023/0322, Barnsley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Harmony HS Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5013, -1.5984 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Tofts Lane, Hunshelf - Battery Storage is the 836th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,342nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% 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 | 836th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,342nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,556th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 576 grid connections (259 operating, 2,468 MW), 321 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 25 MW grid connection at Tofts Lane BESS | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Hunshelf | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Wheatacre Road | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Penistone | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 57 MW grid connection at Echoing Hills Solar | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 3.6 km |
| Wind 6.284 MW grid connection at Hazlehead | Grid connection | 6.28 MW | Operating | 5.6 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 49 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 49 km |
Operator and place
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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 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.