Power plant · Newark and Sherwood, England, United Kingdom
Staythorpe Road - Battery energy storage
Staythorpe Road - Battery energy storage is a power plant under construction in Newark and Sherwood, England, United Kingdom, with 360 MW of capacity, operated by Ecap Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Newark and Sherwood (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Staythorpe Road Staythorpe, NG23 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 3 May 2024 (permit 22/01840/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Newark and Sherwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Nov 2022 (reference 22/01840/FULM, planning authority Newark and Sherwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 May 2024 (granted, reference 22/01840/FULM, planning authority Newark and Sherwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 May 2024 (appeal granted, reference 22/01840/FULM, planning authority Newark and Sherwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Jul 2023 (refused, reference 22/01840/FULM, planning authority Newark and Sherwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ecap Renewables (Ecap Renewables (Elements Green)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 360 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 | 53.0820, -0.8596 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Newark and Sherwood, reference 22/01840/FULM)
- Permit granted (planning authority Newark and Sherwood, reference 22/01840/FULM)
- Permit refused (planning authority Newark and Sherwood, reference 22/01840/FULM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Newark and Sherwood, reference 22/01840/FULM)
How it compares
Staythorpe Road - Battery energy storage is the 130th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 195th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 360 MW is 0.12% 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 | 130th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.19% |
| United Kingdom | 195th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.12% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 432nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 46 grid connections (20 operating, 200 MW), 33 substations, 4 data centers and 4 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Lea Road | Substation | — | — | 35 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.
- 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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