Power plant · Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
Chads Farm - Photovoltaic Arrays & Battery Storage
Chads Farm - Photovoltaic Arrays & Battery Storage is a planned power plant in Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom, with 522 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Connections Developments Limited.
Facts
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| 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 | Chads Farm, Barhill Drive, Tushingham, Whitchurch, SY13 4QU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Feb 2022 (ref. 22/00224/FUL, Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Connections Developments Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 522 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0175, -2.6951 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Chads Farm - Photovoltaic Arrays & Battery Storage is the 68th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 104th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 522 MW is 0.17% 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 | 68th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.28% |
| United Kingdom | 104th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 238th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 110 grid connections (23 operating, 172 MW), 3 CO2 emitters and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 13 MW grid connection at Cellarhead 132Kv | Grid connection | — | — | 21 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 22 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 23 km |
| NR Park Lane, St Modwen Logistics grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 25 km |
| Peplow PV Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 27 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 28 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | CO2 emitter | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 45 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 45 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- 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
- 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.
- 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.