Power plant · Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Capon Tree Road - Battery Energy Storage
Capon Tree Road - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, with 3 MW of capacity, operated by Prime Energy 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 | Cumberland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Capon Generation Compound, Capon Tree Road, Brampton, CA8 1QW | 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 | 19 Jun 2024 (permit 24/0300, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Apr 2024 (reference 24/0300, planning authority Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Jun 2024 (granted, reference 24/0300, planning authority Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Prime Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 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 | 54.9354, -2.7306 | 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 Cumberland, reference 24/0300)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cumberland, reference 24/0300)
How it compares
Capon Tree Road - Battery Energy Storage is the 1,756th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,687th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,756th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,687th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,853rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 70 grid connections (29 operating, 213 MW), 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton Diesel Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Capontree | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Castlesteads Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 52.8 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Askerton Castle | Substation | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Dormansteads PC grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 10.0 km |
| Spadeadam 20kV | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.