Battery storage · United Kingdom
Sheffield Road - Battery Storage System (Hyde)
Operator FPC Electric Land Limited
Awaiting Construction42 MWData checked 11 November 2026Source record dated 4 March 2022
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Sheffield Road - Battery Storage System (Hyde) is a 42 MW battery storage site in Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom. Its planning application (22/00110/FUL) went to Tameside on 23 February 2022 and was granted on 26 September 2022. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (UK government) is awaiting construction. There are 70 other energy sites within 10 km, 22 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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What this site did, from settlement data
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The company behind this site
FPC ELECTRIC LAND LIMITED (09542958), active, since 2015. No outstanding charges on the register. Members see the charges register: each charge, when it was created and the lender it is in favour of.
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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, 57 km from this site.
| Reference | Year | Incident | From the site | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIR-0638 | 2020 | Explosion and prolonged fire at Orsted battery storage site in Liverpool | 57 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 | 73 km | Significant |
| EIR-0058 | 2025 | Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire | 194 km | Significant |
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In the full packThe site
- Technology
- Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
- Capacity
- 42 MW
- Capacity figure from
- Renewable Energy Planning Database (UK government)
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- FPC Electric Land Limited
- Location
- Sheffield Road, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4AF, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Tameside
- Planning application
- 22/00110/FUL
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The planning application page for 22/00110/FUL, with what the planning evidence pack adds for this site.
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Timeline
- 23 February 2022 Planning application submitted
- 26 September 2022 Planning permission granted
- 26 September 2025 Planning permission expired
Incidents on the register at this site
None found. The register holds no published incident that names Sheffield Road - Battery Storage System (Hyde). If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).
Questions
- Has Sheffield Road - Battery Storage System (Hyde) had a fire or other incident?
- None is on the register as of 11 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names Sheffield Road - Battery Storage System (Hyde); it holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom.
- What is the status of Sheffield Road - Battery Storage System (Hyde)?
- Awaiting Construction, in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (UK government), where it last changed on 4 March 2022.
- Where is Sheffield Road - Battery Storage System (Hyde)?
- In Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom (postcode SK14 4AF).
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Nearest town: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).