Power plant · Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road - Battery Storage
Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road - Battery Storage is a power plant under construction in Trafford, England, United Kingdom, with 680 MW of capacity, operated by Statera Energy.
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 | Trafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road, M31 4AY | 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 | 20 Jul 2023 (permit 110320/FUL/23, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Feb 2023 (reference 110320/FUL/23, planning authority Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Jul 2023 (granted, reference 110320/FUL/23, planning authority Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statera Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 680 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 | 53.4343, -2.4007 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Trafford, reference 110320/FUL/23)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Trafford, reference 110320/FUL/23)
How it compares
Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road - Battery Storage is the 58th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 88th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 680 MW is 0.23% 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 | 58th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.37% |
| United Kingdom | 88th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.23% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 173rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 362 substations, 356 grid connections (196 operating, 1,823 MW), 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Carrington BSP BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Carrington GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Manchester Road Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Irlam Hydropower Station, Manchester grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| NWGB Partington | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.