Power plant · South Ribble, England, United Kingdom
Penwortham Sub Station
Penwortham Sub Station is a cancelled power plant in South Ribble, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Statera Energy.
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 | Howick Hall Farm, Howick Cross Lane, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0NS | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 May 2021 (permit 07/2017/2821/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 | 18 Sept 2017 (reference 07/2017/2821/FUL, planning authority South Ribble) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 May 2021 (granted, reference 07/2017/2821/FUL, planning authority South Ribble) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statera Energy | 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 | 53.7483, -2.7554 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2017/2821/FUL)
- Permit expired
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2017/2821/FUL)
How it compares
Penwortham Sub Station is the 151st-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 326th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 151st of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 326th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,818th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 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 West / Stanah GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Penwortham East / Rochdale SGT 1 GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Howick Hill Farm ESS 50MW grid connection | Grid connection | 52.5 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Terminal Pumping Station grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 0.9 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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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.
- 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.
- 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.