Power plant · Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Rednal Airfield, West Felton - Battery Energy Storage
Rednal Airfield, West Felton - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, with 300 MW of capacity.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Shropshire (coordinates), England | 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 | 16 Apr 2026 (permit 25/01250/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 May 2025 (reference 25/01250/FUL, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Apr 2026 (granted, reference 25/01250/FUL, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 300 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 | 52.8371, -2.9283 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Shropshire, reference 25/01250/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Shropshire, reference 25/01250/FUL)
How it compares
Rednal Airfield, West Felton - Battery Energy Storage is the 140th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 212th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 300 MW is 0.11% of the 279,068 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 | 140th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.18% |
| United Kingdom | 212th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.11% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 488th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 transmission lines, 2 data centers and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 3.0 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 20 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 21 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 47 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- 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. 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.
- © 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.
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