Power plant · Wirral, England, United Kingdom
Beaufort Road
Beaufort Road is a cancelled power plant in Wirral, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by UK Power Reserve.
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 | Wirral (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land north of, Beaufort Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 1HQ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Sept 2016 (reference APP/16/01212, planning authority Wirral) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | UK Power Reserve | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 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 | 53.4040, -3.0461 | 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.
Request researchHow it compares
Beaufort Road is the 573rd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,079th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 573rd of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,079th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,907th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 149 grid connections (88 operating, 844 MW), 134 substations, 7 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Bickerstaffe WTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 18 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Ormskirk | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Scarisbrick | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Washway Farm / Kirkby GSP | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Pimbo Road grid connection | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Halsalls Lodge grid connection | Grid connection | 119 MW | Planned | 23 km |
Operator and place
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- Bristol Road20 MW
- Oil Sites Road9.6 MW · permitted
- Vauxhall B (Booston Wood) grid connection20 MW
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.