Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Woodlands, Windermere Road - Battery Energy Storage
Woodlands, Windermere Road - Battery Energy Storage is a planned power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 90 MW of capacity, operated by Build Studios.
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 | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Woodlands, Windermere Road, South Hetton, Durham, DH6 2RX | 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 | 8 Jul 2025 (ref. DM/25/01835/FPA, County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Build Studios | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 90 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 | 54.8025, -1.3910 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Woodlands, Windermere Road - Battery Energy Storage is the 337th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 555th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 90 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 | 337th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 555th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,475th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 283 grid connections (144 operating, 1,784 MW) and 166 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at Hawthorn Coke Works | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Battery storage 101.3 MW grid connection at Woodland BESS | Grid connection | 101 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Hawthorn Pit Bess | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Hawthorn Pit | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Hawthorn Pit Grid | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Stoney Cut | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.