William Eichler 30 January 2025

Council green lights UK’s biggest battery site

Council green lights UK’s biggest battery site image
Image: © Fidra Energy.

City of Doncaster Council has granted planning permission for what is billed to be the UK’s biggest battery site.

The 1.4GW battery energy storage system facility will be built on a 55-acre site at Thorpe Marsh in Yorkshire, adjacent to a National Grid substation and a disused coal mine.

Chris Elder, Fidra Energy’s Chief Executive Officer, said: ‘As the largest battery energy storage site in the UK, the project will help turbocharge the UK’s ambitions of achieving a clean power system providing critical flexibility to store energy when there is excess renewable generation and release this when needed.’

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