Power plant · North Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Hams Hall - Battery Energy Storage System
Hams Hall - Battery Energy Storage System is a battery storage plant under construction in North Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, with 400 MW of capacity, operated by Welbar Energy Storage Limited and 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 | North Warwickshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | East & Se/O Dunton Hall, Kingsbury Road, Curdworth, Sutton Coldfield, B76 0BL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Mar 2022 (permit PAP/2021/0473, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Warwickshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Aug 2021 (reference PAP/2021/0473, planning authority North Warwickshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Mar 2022 (granted, reference PAP/2021/0473, planning authority North Warwickshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Welbar Energy Storage Limited (Welbar Energy Storage Limited / Penso Power (BW ESS)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Penso Power (Welbar Energy Storage Limited / Penso Power (BW ESS)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 400 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 | 52.5365, -1.7124 | 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 researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority North Warwickshire, reference PAP/2021/0473)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Warwickshire, reference PAP/2021/0473)
How it compares
Hams Hall - Battery Energy Storage System is the 104th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 155th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 400 MW is 0.14% of the 279,978 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 | 104th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | 0.23% |
| United Kingdom | 155th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | 0.14% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 349th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 7 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Operators 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.
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