Power plant · Cherwell, England, United Kingdom
Bicester Road, Launton - Battery Energy Storage
Bicester Road, Launton - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Cherwell, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Powersun Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cherwell (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | W/O Bicester Road, Launton, Bicester, OX26 5EL | 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 | 5 Sept 2024 (permit 24/00949/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Apr 2024 (reference 24/00949/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Sept 2024 (granted, reference 24/00949/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Powersun Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 | 51.9113, -1.0892 | 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 Cherwell, reference 24/00949/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cherwell, reference 24/00949/F)
How it compares
Bicester Road, Launton - Battery Energy Storage is the 681st-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,135th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 681st of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,135th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,366th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 95 grid connections (41 operating, 396 MW), 86 substations and 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launton - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Part Haveleys Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 45.5 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Bicester North Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Bicester Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
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- 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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