Power plant · Rochdale, England, United Kingdom
The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane - Battery Energy Storage
The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Rochdale, England, United Kingdom, with 57 MW of capacity, operated by Shaw-Energi 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 | Rochdale (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane & Furbarn Road, Rochdale, OL11 5QR | 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 | 30 Apr 2024 (permit 23/00816/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rochdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Jul 2023 (reference 23/00816/FUL, planning authority Rochdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Apr 2024 (granted, reference 23/00816/FUL, planning authority Rochdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shaw-Energi Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 57 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 | 53.6200, -2.2131 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Rochdale, reference 23/00816/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Rochdale, reference 23/00816/FUL)
How it compares
The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane - Battery Energy Storage is the 358th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 652nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 57 MW is <0.1% 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 | 358th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 652nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,692nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 506 substations, 449 grid connections (252 operating, 2,138 MW), 20 data centers, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochdale GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Rochdale BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Spotland | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Sewages Works grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Chamber House Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.21 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Heywood | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 17 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.