Project Overview
Little Hale BESS, located in Sleaford, Lincolnshire is a large-scale project with a 100MW capacity and 200MWh of storage, sufficient to power 200,000 homes for two hours.
Little Hale is the fifth BESS site that Root-Power has been awarded planning permission for in 2025, following success at sites in Yorkshire, County Durham and the Scottish Highlands in early 2025.
PRE APPLICATION
The development of the Little Hale project began in October 2023.
This project will deliver 200MWh of energy storage, enough to power 200,000 homes.
The new BESS site will provide a Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) of more than 40%, which is contributed to by an extensive visual impact mitigation strategy which was developed in collaboration with the Landscape Officer at the council.
The location for the development was carefully chosen because of its proximity to Bicker Fen Grid Supply Point (GSP) – which is the point of connection to the network. The area has seen extensive development in recent years, with a large PV development and an existing onshore wind farm in the vicinity, along with a number of other planning applications for energy infrastructure projects ongoing in the local area.
- Capacity: 100MW
- Storage: 200MWh
- Homes Powered: 200,000
- Energisation Date: Mid-2028