Power plant · Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst - Battery storage
Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst - Battery storage is a battery storage plant under construction in Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom, with 57 MW of capacity, operated by HD888CAP 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 | Cheshire West and Chester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Capenhurst Lane Capenhurst Chester, CH1 6EH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Mar 2022 (permit 21/02404/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Jun 2021 (reference 21/02404/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Mar 2022 (granted, reference 21/02404/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | HD888CAP Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 57 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 | 53.2687, -2.9476 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Cheshire West and Chester, reference 21/02404/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cheshire West and Chester, reference 21/02404/FUL)
How it compares
Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst - Battery storage is the 358th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 652nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 57 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 | 358th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 652nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,692nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 120 grid connections (73 operating, 567 MW), 108 substations, 10 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 Chester | Data center | — | — | 2.9 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 29 km |
| Bickerstaffe WTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Amazon Man 8 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.39 MW | Planned | 29 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 30 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.