Power plant · South Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Culham Science Centre, Clifton Hampden - Battery Storage Facility
Culham Science Centre, Clifton Hampden - Battery Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in South Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by Statera Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Oxfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Culham Science Centre, Near Clifton Hampden, Abingdon, OX14 3ES | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 22 Jul 2025 (permit P24/S1498/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 May 2024 (reference P24/S1498/FUL, planning authority South Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Aug 2024 (refused, reference P24/S1498/FUL, planning authority South Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Jul 2025 (appeal granted, reference P24/S1498/FUL, planning authority South Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Jul 2025 (granted, reference P24/S1498/FUL, planning authority South Oxfordshire) | 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 | 500 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 | 51.6638, -1.2277 | 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 South Oxfordshire, reference P24/S1498/FUL)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority South Oxfordshire, reference P24/S1498/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority South Oxfordshire, reference P24/S1498/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Oxfordshire, reference P24/S1498/FUL)
How it compares
Culham Science Centre, Clifton Hampden - Battery Storage Facility is the 70th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 107th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 500 MW is 0.17% 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 | 70th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.27% |
| United Kingdom | 107th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 249th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 209 grid connections (108 operating, 1,150 MW), 198 substations and 60 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culham Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Cowley Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Burcot Farm - PV and Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Sutton Courtenay grid connection | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Winsmore Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Wootton Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.7 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 12 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.