Power plant · South Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lower road, Garsington - Energy Storage System
Lower road, Garsington - Energy Storage System is a cancelled power plant in South Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Net Zero Twenty One Ltd.
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 | South Oxfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Lower Road, Garsington, Oxford, OX44 9BN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Nov 2024 (reference P24/S3557/FUL, planning authority South Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Aug 2025 (refused, reference P24/S3557/FUL, planning authority South Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Net Zero Twenty One Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 | 51.7123, -1.1682 | 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.
- Permit refused (planning authority South Oxfordshire, reference P24/S3557/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Oxfordshire, reference P24/S3557/FUL)
How it compares
Lower road, Garsington - Energy Storage System is the 75th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 134th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 75th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | 0.14% |
| United Kingdom | 134th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,245th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 185 substations, 184 grid connections (91 operating, 1,037 MW) and 61 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99.9MW BESS - Near Cowley grid connection | Grid connection | 119 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Cowley GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Cowley Local (Main) BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Cowley Local (Reserve) BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Unipart Group of Companies grid connection | Grid connection | 2.4 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Unipart Group of Companies grid connection | Grid connection | 4.95 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 18 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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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