Battery storage · United Kingdom
Pivot Power Kemsley (Kemsley Substation)
Operator Pivot Power · Owner Pivoted Power LLP
Operational286 MWData checked 11 November 2026Source record dated 9 March 2026
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Pivot Power Kemsley (Kemsley Substation) is a 286 MW battery storage site on the edge of Sittingbourne, Kent, United Kingdom. Its planning application (19/502514/FULL) went to Swale on 24 May 2019 and was granted on 20 September 2019. It has been operating since 25 October 2021. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (UK government) is operational. There are 48 other energy sites within 10 km, 12 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 company behind this site
PIVOT POWER LIMITED (12032042), active, since 2019. 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 site
- Technology
- Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
- Capacity
- 286 MW
- Capacity figure from
- Renewable Energy Planning Database (UK government)
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- Pivot Power
- Owner
- Pivoted Power LLP
- Location
- Land To The South Of Kemsley S, Ypres Drive, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent, Kent, ME10 2, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Swale
- Planning application
- 19/502514/FULL
- First operating
- 2021
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Timeline
- 24 May 2019 Planning application submitted
- 20 September 2019 Planning permission granted
- 15 November 2019 Construction started
- 25 October 2021 Operational
Incidents on the register at this site
None found. The register holds no published incident that names Pivot Power Kemsley (Kemsley Substation). If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).
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Questions
- Has Pivot Power Kemsley (Kemsley Substation) had a fire or other incident?
- None is on the register as of 11 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names Pivot Power Kemsley (Kemsley Substation); it holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom.
- What is the status of Pivot Power Kemsley (Kemsley Substation)?
- Operational, in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (UK government), where it last changed on 9 March 2026.
- Where is Pivot Power Kemsley (Kemsley Substation)?
- On the edge of Sittingbourne, Kent, United Kingdom (postcode ME10 2).
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