Power plant · Calderdale, England, United Kingdom
Stainland Road, Salterhebble - Battery Storage Facility
Stainland Road, Salterhebble - Battery Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Whirlwind Energy Storage Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Calderdale (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South Of Sub Station Stainland Road Elland Calderdale, HX4 8LR | 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 | 28 Sept 2021 (permit 21/00839/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Calderdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Jun 2021 (reference 21/00839/FUL, planning authority Calderdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Sept 2021 (granted, reference 21/00839/FUL, planning authority Calderdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Whirlwind Energy Storage Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 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 | 53.6969, -1.8530 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Calderdale, reference 21/00839/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Calderdale, reference 21/00839/FUL)
How it compares
Stainland Road, Salterhebble - Battery Storage Facility is the 1,108th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,741st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 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 | 1,108th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,741st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,376th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 571 substations, 497 grid connections (268 operating, 2,525 MW), 21 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 25 MW grid connection at Salterhebble | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Salterhebble | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Solar 1.3 MW grid connection at Salterhebble | Grid connection | 1.3 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Lowfields | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Elland 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Redcentric Elland Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.1 km |
| 6 Lowfields Way PV grid connection | Grid connection | 1.24 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 403124345) | Data center | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group Copley | Data center | — | — | 2.4 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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