Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Woodlands - Battery Energy Storage
Woodlands - Battery Energy Storage is a cancelled battery storage plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 1.2 MW of capacity, operated by Infinis Battery Storage Limited.
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 | Doncaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Electricity Sub-station Compound Land To The West Of County Way Woodlands Doncaster, DN6 7PY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Jul 2022 (permit 22/00806/FUL, 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 | 29 Mar 2022 (reference 22/00806/FUL, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Jul 2022 (granted, reference 22/00806/FUL, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Infinis Battery Storage Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.2 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 | 53.5659, -1.2060 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Doncaster, reference 22/00806/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Doncaster, reference 22/00806/FUL)
How it compares
Woodlands - Battery Energy Storage is the 3,776th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 5,495th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.2 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,776th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,495th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 12,477th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 415 grid connections (216 operating, 2,289 MW), 356 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brodsworth | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Battery storage 15 MW grid connection at Brodsworth BESS | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Wind 8.2 MW grid connection at Hampole Windfarm | Grid connection | 8.2 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Solar 2 MW grid connection at Brodsworth | Grid connection | 2 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| Bentley | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| South Elmsall | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.