Power plant · Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Chadderton - Battery Storage System
Chadderton - Battery Storage System is a permitted power plant in Oldham, England, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity, operated by Zetex Plc.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Oldham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Bentfield Industrial Units Stockfield Road Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 9LL | 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 | 5 May 2022 (permit FUL/348617/22, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Oldham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Mar 2022 (reference FUL/348617/22, planning authority Oldham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 May 2022 (granted, reference FUL/348617/22, planning authority Oldham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Zetex Plc | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.5 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 | 53.5424, -2.1348 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Chadderton - Battery Storage System is the 1,793rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,738th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 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 | 1,793rd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,738th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,916th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 464 grid connections (256 operating, 2,330 MW), 215 substations, 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zetex CHP+BESS Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Stock Lane Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| IGC Lydia Becker Way grid connection | Grid connection | 2.74 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Equinix MA1 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Slaithwaite | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Todmorden | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Meltham | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
Operator 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.
- 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.
- © 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.