Power plant · Ribble Valley, England, United Kingdom
Calder Works, Burnley Road - Battery Energy Storage System
Calder Works, Burnley Road - Battery Energy Storage System is a cancelled power plant in Ribble Valley, England, United Kingdom, with 70 MW of capacity, operated by Sirius EcoDev Limited.
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 | Ribble Valley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Calder Works, Burnley Road, Burnley, BB12 7ND | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Jul 2024 (reference 3/2024/0366, planning authority Ribble Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Sept 2024 (withdrawn, reference 3/2024/0366, planning authority Ribble Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sirius EcoDev Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 70 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 | 53.7970, -2.3409 | 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.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Ribble Valley, reference 3/2024/0366)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Ribble Valley, reference 3/2024/0366)
How it compares
Calder Works, Burnley Road - Battery Energy Storage System is the 114th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 215th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 70 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 114th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 215th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,457th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 485 substations, 458 grid connections (252 operating, 2,199 MW), 17 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntroyde grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Padiham | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Padiham GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Padiham BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Houghton BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Eaves Farm (Padiham) BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 28 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group Copley | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 403124345) | Data center | — | — | 32 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.
- 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.
- © 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.