Power plant · Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Blackdyke Farm, Blackford - Battery Storage
Blackdyke Farm, Blackford - Battery Storage is a cancelled power plant in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, with 340 MW of capacity, operated by Novus Renewable Services Limited and Story Construction.
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 | Cumberland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West of Blackdyke Farm, Blackford, CA6 4EY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Sept 2023 (reference 23/0659, planning authority Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Mar 2026 (refused, reference 23/0659, planning authority Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Novus Renewable Services Limited (Novus Renewable Services Limited / Story Construction, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Story Construction (Novus Renewable Services Limited / Story Construction, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 340 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 | 54.9547, -2.9654 | 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 researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority Cumberland, reference 23/0659)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cumberland, reference 23/0659)
How it compares
Blackdyke Farm, Blackford - Battery Storage is the 36th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 54th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 340 MW is 0.25% of the 136,106 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 | 36th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | 0.4% |
| United Kingdom | 54th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | 0.25% |
| All power plants in our data | 973rd of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 79 grid connections (38 operating, 446 MW), 37 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Willow Bank grid connection | Grid connection | 99.4 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Newtown of Rockcliffe grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Newtown Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Harker / Hutton GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Carlisle North BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Westlinton | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 24 km |
Operators and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.