Power plant · Cherwell, England, United Kingdom
Station Road, Ardley - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System
Station Road, Ardley - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Cherwell, England, United Kingdom, with 4 MW of capacity, operated by Valencia Waster Management Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cherwell (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Station Road, Ardley, Bicester, OX27 7PH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Feb 2024 (reference MW.0018/24, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Valencia Waster Management Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4 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 | 51.9323, -1.2109 | 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 applied for (planning authority Cherwell, reference MW.0018/24)
How it compares
Station Road, Ardley - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System is the 1,707th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,616th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 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 | 1,707th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,616th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,764th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 93 grid connections (41 operating, 391 MW), 77 substations and 11 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste 1.188 MW grid connection at Upper Heyford | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Waste 1.9 MW grid connection at Upper Heyford | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Ardley EFW Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 24.7 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Upper Heyford Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Bicester Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Bicester North Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
Operator and place
More from Valencia Waster Management Limited
- Station Road, Ardley - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System10.5 MW · planned
- Masons Landfill, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham - Solar Farm6.1 MW · permitted
- Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane - Solar Panels6 MW · planned
- Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane - Battery Storage4 MW · planned
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.