Power plant · Nuneaton and Bedworth, England, United Kingdom
Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall - Battery Energy Storage System
Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Nuneaton and Bedworth, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Greenfield Energy Developments Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Nuneaton and Bedworth (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site 126b005 - Mcdonnell Drive, Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall, CV7 9GA | 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 | 10 Oct 2025 (permit 41030, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Nuneaton and Bedworth) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Jun 2025 (reference 41030, planning authority Nuneaton and Bedworth) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Oct 2025 (granted, reference 41030, planning authority Nuneaton and Bedworth) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Greenfield Energy Developments 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 | 52.4607, -1.4862 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Nuneaton and Bedworth, reference 41030)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Nuneaton and Bedworth, reference 41030)
How it compares
Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall - 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 300,461 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 | 991st of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,569th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,981st of 6,455 | 664,040 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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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.