Power plant · Winchester, England, United Kingdom
IBM Hursley - Battery Storage
IBM Hursley - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Winchester, England, United Kingdom, with 1.5 MW of capacity, operated by IBM UK Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Winchester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | IBM Limited, IBM Hursley, Winchester, SO21 2JN | 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 | 19 Jun 2024 (permit 23/02836/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Winchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Mar 2024 (reference 23/02836/FUL, planning authority Winchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Jun 2024 (granted, reference 23/02836/FUL, planning authority Winchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | IBM UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.5 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 | 51.0250, -1.3914 | 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 Winchester, reference 23/02836/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Winchester, reference 23/02836/FUL)
How it compares
IBM Hursley - Battery Storage is the 1,935th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,924th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.5 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 | 1,935th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,924th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,143rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 248 grid connections (135 operating, 1,316 MW), 217 substations, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field House PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| South Lynch Solar and Storage Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 20.9 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Silkstead Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| 49.9MW - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Winchester BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Chandlers Ford Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 20 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.