Power plant · New Forest, England, United Kingdom
East Road, Marchwood - Battery Energy Storage
East Road, Marchwood - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in New Forest, England, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by Penso Power.
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 | New Forest (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | EAST ROAD, MARCHWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, MARCHWOOD, SO40 4BX | 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 | 13 Nov 2025 (permit 25/10639, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Jul 2025 (reference 25/10639, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Nov 2025 (granted, reference 25/10639, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Penso Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 200 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 | 50.8974, -1.4364 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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East Road, Marchwood - Battery Energy Storage is the 177th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 279th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 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 | 177th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 279th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 741st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 216 grid connections (120 operating, 1,137 MW), 191 substations, 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste 14.345 MW grid connection at Marchwood | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Marchwood Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Landfill gas 1.425 MW grid connection at Regents Park | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Southampton (Main) BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Southampton (Reserve) BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| PV/BESS - 50MW grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 14 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.