Power plant · Blaby, England, United Kingdom
Normanton Energy Reserve - Battery Storage
Normanton Energy Reserve - Battery Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Blaby, England, United Kingdom, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by Exagen SPVO2 Limited.
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 | Blaby (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | NW/O Earl Shilton Road Thurlaston, LE9 7TG | 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 | 16 Jan 2024 (permit 22/1204/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Blaby) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Dec 2022 (reference 22/1204/FUL, planning authority Blaby) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Jan 2024 (granted, reference 22/1204/FUL, planning authority Blaby) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Exagen SPVO2 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 500 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 | 52.5882, -1.2666 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Blaby, reference 22/1204/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Blaby, reference 22/1204/FUL)
How it compares
Normanton Energy Reserve - Battery Storage is the 70th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 106th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 500 MW is 0.18% of the 278,868 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 | 70th of 1,650 | 171,064 MW | 0.29% |
| United Kingdom | 106th of 2,548 | 278,868 MW | 0.18% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 257th of 5,799 | 656,876 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 7 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 31 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
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- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.