Power plant · Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom
Whelley Hill Farm
Whelley Hill Farm is a cancelled battery storage plant in Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Volta Energy Storage.
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 | Hartlepool (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Whelley Hill Farm, Worset Lane, Hart, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS27 3BH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Jan 2019 (reference H/2018/0508, planning authority Hartlepool) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 May 2019 (withdrawn, reference H/2018/0508, planning authority Hartlepool) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Volta Energy Storage (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 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 | 54.7009, -1.2981 | 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 researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Hartlepool, reference H/2018/0508)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Hartlepool, reference H/2018/0508)
How it compares
Whelley Hill Farm was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 25 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 274 grid connections (138 operating, 1,342 MW), 162 substations and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whelley Hill Farm Charging 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 12 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Whelley Hill Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Whelley Hill Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Hartmoor | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Hartmoor 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Amberton Road | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
Operator and place
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- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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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.
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