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Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy
Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy is operational in Wakefield with a recorded capacity of 150 MW, and has been generating since 2026-03-23.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2021-11-11 |
| Permission granted | 2023-06-06 19 months after submission |
| Operational | 2026-03-23 34 months after consent |
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.
Wakefield’s record on battery storage
Wakefield has decided 6 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 9.6 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Wakefield →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Kirkhaw Lane Battery · Operational | 20 | 0.3 km |
Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) EfW Incineration · Operational | 70 | 0.6 km |
Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 (FM1) EfW Incineration · Operational | 68 | 0.6 km |
Knottingley B Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.4 | 3 km |
Knottingley A Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3 km |
Monk Fryston Battery Storage Battery · Under Construction | 320 | 3.7 km |
Monk Fryston Battery Storage Battery · Under Construction | 57 | 3.8 km |
Sudforth Lane (Kellingley Solar Farm) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.4 km |
How big is Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy?
Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy has a recorded installed capacity of 150 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 Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy?
REPD records the operator as SSE Enterprise Contracting. 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 Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2021-11-11. Permission was granted on 2023-06-06, 19 months later. The site became operational on 2026-03-23, 34 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 10022.
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