Power plant · Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
West Melton Electricity Substation - Energy Storage System
West Melton Electricity Substation - Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, with 26 MW of capacity, operated by Brampton Energy Storage Limited.
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 | SW/O West Melton Electricity Substation Elsecar Road Brampton Bierlow, S63 6EZ | 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 Sept 2022 (permit RB2022/0853, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 May 2022 (ref. RB2022/0853, Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Sept 2022 (granted, ref. RB2022/0853, Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Brampton Energy Storage Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 26 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 | 53.5012, -1.3772 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
West Melton Electricity Substation - Energy Storage System is the 1,098th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,727th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 26 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 | 1,098th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,727th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,342nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 523 grid connections (210 operating, 2,256 MW), 332 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Melton | Substation | — | — | 0.0 km |
| West Melton / Thorpe Marsh | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| West Melton Section 3 | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 120 MW grid connection at West Melton Station PV Direct | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Battery storage 26 MW grid connection at Elsecar Road BESS | Grid connection | 26 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Swangate BESS Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 34 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 45 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 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.