Power plant · Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Medlock Road, Failsworth - Battery Energy Storage
Medlock Road, Failsworth - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Oldham, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Root Power Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Oldham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South East Side Of Medlock Road Failsworth, M35 9WG | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 21 Oct 2025 (permit FUL/353405/24, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Oldham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Oct 2024 (reference FUL/353405/24, planning authority Oldham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Apr 2025 (refused, reference FUL/353405/24, planning authority Oldham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Oct 2025 (appeal granted, reference FUL/353405/24, planning authority Oldham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Oct 2025 (granted, reference FUL/353405/24, planning authority Oldham) | 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 | 53.4976, -2.1434 | 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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Medlock Road, Failsworth - Battery Energy Storage 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: 508 substations, 443 grid connections (242 operating, 2,189 MW), 22 data centers and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medlock BESS 30MW grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 0.0 km |
| Failsworth | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Droylsden BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Droylsden East | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Scholes Power grid connection | Grid connection | 4.56 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Reliance Street grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Equinix MA1 | Data center | — | — | 7.2 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.