Power plant · South Ribble, England, United Kingdom
Penwortham - Battery storage
Penwortham - Battery storage is a permitted power plant in South Ribble, England, United Kingdom, with 57 MW of capacity, operated by Shaw-Energi 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 | South Ribble (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Electricity Sub Station 210M From National Grid Sub Station, Howick Cross Lane 4M From Unn Howick Cross Lane Penwortham, PR1 0NS | 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 Apr 2022 (permit 07/2022/00021/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Ribble) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Apr 2022 (reference 07/2022/00021/FUL, planning authority South Ribble) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Apr 2022 (granted, reference 07/2022/00021/FUL, planning authority South Ribble) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shaw-Energi Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 57 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 | 53.7475, -2.7535 | 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 and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2022/00021/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2022/00021/FUL)
How it compares
Penwortham - Battery storage is the 396th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 710th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 57 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 396th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 710th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,733rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 360 grid connections (196 operating, 1,813 MW), 318 substations, 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penwortham East / Rochdale SGT 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.0 km |
| Penwortham West / Stanah GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.0 km |
| Howick Hill Farm ESS 50MW grid connection | Grid connection | 52.5 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Terminal Pumping Station grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Ribble BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Strand Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 15 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 20 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 23 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- 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.