Power plant · Bolton, England, United Kingdom
Stoneclough - Battery Energy Storage
Stoneclough - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Bolton, England, United Kingdom, with 7 MW of capacity, operated by Infinis Energy Services Limited and GAM Capital Limited.
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 | Bolton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | R/O Shoreside Stables, Prestolee Road, Stoneclough, Manchester, M26 1HJ | 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 | 24 Oct 2022 (permit 13256/22, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Apr 2022 (reference 13256/22, planning authority Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Oct 2022 (granted, reference 13256/22, planning authority Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Infinis Energy Services Limited (GAM Capital Limited / Infinis Energy Services Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | GAM Capital Limited (GAM Capital Limited / Infinis Energy Services Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7 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 | 53.5485, -2.3539 | 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 Bolton, reference 13256/22)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bolton, reference 13256/22)
How it compares
Stoneclough - Battery Energy Storage is the 1,553rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,403rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7 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 | 1,553rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,403rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,515th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 428 substations, 414 grid connections (228 operating, 2,057 MW), 19 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringley | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Shoreside Stables 1 grid connection | Grid connection | 7 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Bolton WWTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.06 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Kearsley GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Kearsley Local BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Shore Top Farm BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 11 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Operators and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.