Power plant · South Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Canalside - Battery Storage System
Canalside - Battery Storage System is a permitted power plant in South Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 60 MW of capacity, operated by Greenfield Energy Developments Limited and Renewable Power Capital.
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 | South Staffordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Flash Lane, WV4 4US | 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 | 14 Jul 2025 (permit 24/00951/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Staffordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Nov 2024 (reference 24/00951/FULM, planning authority South Staffordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 24/00951/FULM, planning authority South Staffordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Greenfield Energy Developments Limited (Greenfield Energy Developments Limited / Renewable Power Capital) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Power Capital (Greenfield Energy Developments Limited / Renewable Power Capital) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60 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 | 52.5509, -2.1976 | 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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Canalside - Battery Storage System is the 379th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 672nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 60 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 379th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 672nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,661st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 301 grid connections and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canalside Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| AR229 - grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Battery storage 128.8 MW grid connection at Penn 132Kv S Stn | Grid connection | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Evoque Data Center Solutions | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
Operators and place
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © 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.