Power plant · Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Pelham Road, Upton Magna - Battery Energy Storage System
Pelham Road, Upton Magna - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Elgin Energy EsCo.
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 | Shropshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North Of Berwick Wharf, SY4 4TU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 May 2025 (reference 25/01638/FUL, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elgin Energy EsCo | 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 | 52.7010, -2.6597 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Pelham Road, Upton Magna - Battery Energy Storage System is the 248th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 426th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 248th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 426th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,276th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 156 grid connections, 3 transmission lines and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lands at Church Farm, Withington Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Somerwood grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Haughton Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 31 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 36 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Operator and place
More from Elgin Energy EsCo
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- Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn - Battery Storage100 MW · permitted
- Lime Lane, Pelsall - Battery Energy Storage System100 MW
- Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm, The Stream - Battery Energy Storage System99.9 MW · planned
- Highfields Farm, Clifton Lane - Solar Panels61.9 MW · under construction
- Moat Farm - Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
- Woodlands Farm - Solar Array49.9 MW · permitted
- Murrells End Farm - Solar Arrays49.9 MW
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © 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.