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Barnsley Battery Energy Storage
Barnsley Battery Energy Storage is an operational 40 MW battery storage site in Barnsley, generating since 1 January 2023. Planning permission was granted on 2 August 2017, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: G2 Energy / SMS Energy Services Ltd.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 26 January 2017 |
| Permission granted | 2 August 2017 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 January 2023 65 months after consent |
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Barnsley approves 100% of battery storage schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Barnsley’s record on battery storage
Barnsley has decided 5 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 6.2 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Barnsley →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | — | 0.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.2 | 1.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2 | 4.1 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8.6 | 4.2 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 9 | 4.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.5 | 9 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 6 | 9.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 4 | 9.9 km |
How big is Barnsley Battery Energy Storage?
Barnsley Battery Energy Storage has a recorded installed capacity of 40 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Barnsley Battery Energy Storage?
REPD records the operator as G2 Energy / SMS Energy Services Ltd. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Barnsley Battery Energy Storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 26 January 2017. Permission was granted on 2 August 2017, 6 months later. The site became operational on 1 January 2023, 65 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 20397.
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