Power plant · South Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Penstone Lane, Lower Penn 2 - Battery Storage
Penstone Lane, Lower Penn 2 - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in South Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Anglo Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Staffordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | (Penn 2) Penstone Lane Lower Penn, WV4 4XD | 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 | 29 Sept 2022 (permit 22/00045/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Staffordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Feb 2022 (reference 22/00045/FUL, planning authority South Staffordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Sept 2022 (granted, reference 22/00045/FUL, planning authority South Staffordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Anglo Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 52.5609, -2.2036 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Penstone Lane, Lower Penn 2 - Battery Storage is the 422nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 755th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 422nd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 755th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,832nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 294 grid connections and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR229 - grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Battery storage 128.8 MW grid connection at Penn 132Kv S Stn | Grid connection | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Penn 3 BESS grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Evoque Data Center Solutions | Data center | — | — | 35 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.
- 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.