Power plant · Rochdale, England, United Kingdom
Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street - Battery Energy Storage System
Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Rochdale, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Root Power Limited.
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 | Rochdale (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street, Milnrow, OL16 4NU | 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 | 14 Mar 2025 (permit 24/00917/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rochdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Oct 2024 (reference 24/00917/FUL, planning authority Rochdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Mar 2025 (granted, reference 24/00917/FUL, planning authority Rochdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Root Power Limited (Root Power (North) Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 | 53.6005, -2.1056 | 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.
Request researchHow it compares
Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street - Battery Energy Storage System is the 991st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,569th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 991st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,569th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,981st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 561 substations, 484 grid connections (274 operating, 2,482 MW), 23 data centers and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen Road BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 0.0 km |
| Kingsway BP BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Kingsway | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Oil and Solar 2.618 MW grid connection at Kingsway | Grid connection | 2.62 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Milnrow | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Shaw | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 17 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.
- © 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.