Power plant · Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom
Appleford - Battery Energy Storage
Appleford - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom, with 300 MW of capacity, operated by TBC 001 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Vale of White Horse (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O B4016 Appleford, OX14 4PQ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 8 Aug 2025 (permit P25/V0149/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Vale of White Horse) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Jan 2025 (reference P25/V0149/FUL, planning authority Vale of White Horse) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Aug 2025 (granted, reference P25/V0149/FUL, planning authority Vale of White Horse) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | TBC 001 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 300 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6327, -1.2401 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Vale of White Horse, reference P25/V0149/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Vale of White Horse, reference P25/V0149/FUL)
How it compares
Appleford - Battery Energy Storage is the 144th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 220th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 300 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 144th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.16% |
| United Kingdom | 220th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 483rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 216 grid connections (113 operating, 1,189 MW), 213 substations and 64 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generation 1.596 MW grid connection at Milton | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Sutton Courtenay grid connection | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Sutton Courtenay Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Milton Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Culham Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Fulscot Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
Operator and place
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.