Battery storage · United Kingdom
Cooksons Green Farm Battery Storage
Operator SPENNYMOOR GRID SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Awaiting Construction230 MWData checked 5 November 2026
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Cooksons Green Farm Battery Storage is a 230 MW battery storage site on the edge of Ferryhill, United Kingdom. Its status in the public dataset is awaiting construction. There are 35 other energy sites within 10 km, 4 of them battery storage sites. The register holds no incident at this site. It holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom, and 196 worldwide.
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The pack for this site lists 5 comparable battery incidents in the United Kingdom, grid-scale only, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0638, Explosion and prolonged fire at Orsted battery storage site in Liverpool, 171 km from this site.
| Reference | Year | Incident | From the site | Severity |
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| EIR-0638 | 2020 | Explosion and prolonged fire at Orsted battery storage site in Liverpool | 171 km | Major |
| EIR-0584 | 2026 | Fire in a battery container at Rufford Colliery BESS, Rainworth; owner attributes it to a short circuit in NMC cells | 179 km | Significant |
| EIR-0058 | 2025 | Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire | 334 km | Significant |
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In the full packThe site
- Technology
- Battery storage (Battery)
- Capacity
- 230 MW
- Capacity figure from
- Capacity Market register (EMR Delivery Body)
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Capacity Market unit, delivery year 2029)
- Operator
- SPENNYMOOR GRID SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Location
- DH6 5LJ, United Kingdom
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Incidents on the register at this site
None found. The register holds no published incident that names Cooksons Green Farm Battery Storage. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).
Questions
- Has Cooksons Green Farm Battery Storage had a fire or other incident?
- None is on the register as of 11 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names Cooksons Green Farm Battery Storage; it holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom.
- What is the status of Cooksons Green Farm Battery Storage?
- Awaiting Construction, in the public dataset.
- Where is Cooksons Green Farm Battery Storage?
- On the edge of Ferryhill, United Kingdom (postcode DH6 5LJ).
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