Ferrybridge BESS
One physical site, registered with the market as 2 separate balancing units, 152 MW together in South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Humber. The market settles each unit on its own; this page adds them back up. Everything is read from published data for the 364 days to 28 August 2026.
The site
| Registered power, all units | 152 MW |
| Balancing units | 2 |
| Charging zone | South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Humber |
| Owned by | SSE FERRYBRIDGE BATTERY LIMITED |
| Traded by | SSE BATTERY SALISBURY LIMITED |
What the site earned, all units together
| Line | 364 days to 28 August 2026 |
|---|---|
| Balancing mechanism, paid to discharge | £3.2m |
| Balancing mechanism, paid out to charge | −£1.7m |
| Response and reserve auctions | £179k |
| Capacity market | £1.0m |
| Three measured lines together | £2.7m |
Income per kilowatt across the whole site: £29.10/kW/yr on the three measured lines, before charging costs and before wholesale trading, which nobody publishes. Each unit's own page carries its estimate and its percentiles.
The units
| Unit | MW | Discharge | Charge | Standing ready | CM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T_FERRB-1 SSE BATTERY SALISBURY LIMITED | 76 | £1.6m | −£864k | £130k | £1.0m |
| T_FERRB-2 SSE BATTERY SALISBURY LIMITED | 76 | £1.6m | −£880k | £49k | — |
Grouped on evidence, not on a name: shared unit code stem FERRB, all 2 units within 0.1 km. Portfolio families that share a code stem across distant sites, such as an aggregator's fleet, are never grouped. Methods