Power plant · Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Battery Shrewsbury Substation, Uffington - Battery Energy Storage
Battery Shrewsbury Substation, Uffington - Battery Energy Storage is a planned power plant in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Lower 48 Energy BESS Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Shropshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | SW/O Shrewsbury Substation, Uffington, Shrewsbury, SY4 4SY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Feb 2025 (reference 25/00531/FUL, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lower 48 Energy BESS Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 | 52.7087, -2.6892 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Shropshire, reference 25/00531/FUL)
How it compares
Battery Shrewsbury Substation, Uffington - Battery Energy Storage is the 248th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 426th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 248th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 426th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,276th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 transmission lines and 3 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 20 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 29 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 34 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 49 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.
- 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.
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