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Ray Battery Storage Facility
Ray Battery Storage Facility is an operational 20 MW battery storage site in Northumberland, generating since 1 October 2022. Planning permission was granted on 21 October 2021, 53 months after submission. Operator of record: Vattenfall Wind Power.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 30 May 2017 |
| Permission granted | 21 October 2021 53 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 October 2022 11 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 5 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.
Northumberland’s record on battery storage
Northumberland has decided 12 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 7.3 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Northumberland →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Wind Onshore · Operational | 54.4 | 1.9 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 36 | 4.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.8 | 10.5 km |
Large Hydro · Operational | 6.1 | 15 km |
How big is Ray Battery Storage Facility?
Ray Battery Storage Facility has a recorded installed capacity of 20 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 Ray Battery Storage Facility?
REPD records the operator as Vattenfall Wind Power. 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 Ray Battery Storage Facility approved and built?
The application was submitted on 30 May 2017. Permission was granted on 21 October 2021, 53 months later. The site became operational on 1 October 2022, 11 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 6943.
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