Gas storage facility · Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project is a planned gas storage facility in Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, operated by Uniper UK Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cheshire East (coordinates), England (North West) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The site is located approximately 5.2km south west of the town of Middlewich, west of Warmingham, in the Cheshire East Council area. It is partly on the site of the existing British Salt/Kistos Energy Storage facility. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Jul 2027 (reference EN0310002, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected July 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Uniper UK Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Storage capacity | 400,000 MWh (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydrogen | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 203 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1456, -2.4517 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow it compares by area
Salinae Hydrogen Storage project is the 5th-largest of 5 gas storage facilities in England by area, with 203 ha. It reports no undefined, so it is ranked by area among the gas storage facilities in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 5th of 5 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this gas storage facility: 380 power plants (110 operating, 1,225 MW), 209 substations, 191 grid connections (112 operating, 875 MW), 18 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Lane, Warmingham - Compressed Air Energy Storage | Power plant | 5 MW | Permitted | 1.4 km |
| Land at Moss Farm (North) | Power plant | 6 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Drury Lane | Power plant | 17 MW | Permitted | 1.8 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Alderley House grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Alderley Park CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Woodhouse Nurseries grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Alderley | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.