Battery storage · United Kingdom
Hornsea Project Three - Battery Storage
Under Construction300 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 9 July 2026
The site
- Technology
- Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
- Capacity
- 300 MW
- Status
- Under Construction
- Operator or applicant
- Orsted Power (UK) Limited
- Location
- E/O Main Road, Swardeston, Norfolk, NR4 6US, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- South Norfolk
- Planning application
- 2022/0867
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Timeline
- 26 April 2022 Planning application submitted
- 23 January 2023 Planning permission granted
- 1 December 2025 Construction started
- 23 January 2026 Planning permission expired
Incidents on the register at this site
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Incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom
The register holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom, 9 of them fires, and 177 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.
- Fire in home battery storage system connected to solar panels
- Gas leak at Cockenzie battery storage site under construction
- Short circuit in lithium battery cells reported as cause of fire at Rufford Colliery BESS
- Smoke and fire incident at Battery Box, Pinhoe Road, Exeter
- Battery storage site fire in East Tilbury brought under control after 24 hours
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