Power plant · Burnley, England, United Kingdom
Padiham - Battery Energy Storage
Padiham - Battery Energy Storage is a cancelled battery storage plant in Burnley, England, United Kingdom, with 99.9 MW of capacity, operated by Energi Generation.
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 | Burnley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O A6068 Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8UE | 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 | 31 May 2024 (reference FUL/2024/0258, planning authority Burnley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Dec 2024 (refused, reference FUL/2024/0258, planning authority Burnley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Energi Generation (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99.9 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 | 53.7990, -2.3270 | 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 refused (planning authority Burnley, reference FUL/2024/0258)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Burnley, reference FUL/2024/0258)
How it compares
Padiham - Battery Energy Storage is the 169th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 261st-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99.9 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 169th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 261st of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,523rd of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 486 substations, 462 grid connections (254 operating, 2,207 MW), 18 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntroyde grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Padiham | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Padiham BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Padiham GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Eaves Farm (Padiham) BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Houghton BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 29 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group Copley | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 403124345) | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Operator and place
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- 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.