Power plant · Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Cleator Energy Storage Facility Extension
Cleator Energy Storage Facility Extension is a planned power plant in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Cleator Battery Storage Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cumberland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Woodend, CA22 2TA | 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 | 22 Jan 2026 (reference 4/26/2022/0F1, planning authority Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cleator Battery Storage Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 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 | 54.5039, -3.5270 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Cumberland, reference 4/26/2022/0F1)
How it compares
Cleator Energy Storage Facility Extension is the 1,613th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,484th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 1,613th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,484th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,616th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 86 grid connections (49 operating, 920 MW) and 37 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleator BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 0.0 km |
| Egremont | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Egremont BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Whinney Hill Road grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| JT Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Hensingham | Substation | — | — | 4.9 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.
- 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.