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Balby Carr Bank

Donbat BESS at West Melton / Thorpe Marsh

Northern Powergrid Embedded Capacity Register 1MW and Over, September 2026 edition

Site, company and substation names are shown as they appear in the registers, including capitalisation.

Date connected: 1 Jan 2019
Status: Connected
Customer: Donbat BESS
Site name: Balby Carr Bank
Address: Balby Carr Bank, Mallard Way, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 8DE
Grid reference: Easting 457849, northing 401122
Licence area: Yorkshire (Northern Powergrid)
Grid supply point: West Melton / Thorpe Marsh
Bulk supply point: Mallard Way
Primary substation: Balby Carr Generation
Connection voltage: 33 kV
Technology group: Storage
Energy source 1: Stored Energy (all stored energy irrespective of the original energy source), Storage - Electrochemical (Batteries): 10 MW registered
Registered capacity: 10 MW
Maximum export capacity: 10 MW
Maximum import capacity: Not stated
Flexible connection: No
In a connection queue: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Date accepted: 16 May 2018
Target energisation date: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Distribution reinforcement reference: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Transmission reinforcement reference: Not published by Northern Powergrid
Export MPAN: 2394200196610
Import MPAN: 2380002864595
Last updated: 13 Jun 2018
Tracked since: March 2026 edition

Change history

Tracked since the March 2026 edition, across 7 editions.

Changes to its status, capacity, technology or customer, newest first.

No change to its status, capacity, technology or customer.

Also at West Melton / Thorpe Marsh

GSP view

48 other sites at this grid supply point in the September 2026 edition, 1 of them at Balby Carr Generation, the same primary substation. In all, the sites here total 1.3 GW: 0.3 GW connected, 1 GW accepted to connect.

Balby Carr Bank, J3 Industrial Park, Mallard Way RemovedBalby Carr Bank, J3 Industrial Park, Mallard Way, Gas and other fossil, Balby Carr Generation primaryConnected30 MW
Loversall HybridLoversall Hybrid, Solar, Loversall Hybrid Direct primaryAccepted199.8 MW
Fordstead Ln 180MW BESSFordstead Ln 180MW BESS, Storage, Fordstead Lane BESS primaryAccepted180 MW
West Melton Station PVWest Melton Station PV, Solar, West Melton Station PV Direct primaryAccepted120 MW
South Road Mixed TechSouth Road Mixed Tech, Solar, South Road Mixed Tech primaryAccepted89.9 MW
Holme Wood Lane Solar and BESSNew Holme Wood Lane Solar and BESS, Solar, New Holme Wood Lane Solar & BESS primaryAccepted84 MW
Hooton Pagnell HybridHooton Pagnell Hybrid, Storage, Hooton Pagnell Hybrid primaryAccepted62.5 MW
NEL Cutts BESSNEL Cutts BESS, Storage, Nel Cutts BESS Direct primaryAccepted50 MW

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