Power plant · Stafford, England, United Kingdom
Unit DC 1 - Screwfix Direct
Unit DC 1 - Screwfix Direct is a cancelled power plant in Stafford, England, United Kingdom, with 1.8 MW of capacity, operated by Kingfisher Scottish Limited Partnership.
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 | Stafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Unit DC 1 Screwfix Direct, 1 Shackleton Way, Stafford | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Sept 2015 (reference 15/23005/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Nov 2015 (withdrawn, reference 15/23005/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Kingfisher Scottish Limited Partnership | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8339, -2.1380 | 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 researchHow it compares
Unit DC 1 - Screwfix Direct is the 2,958th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,399th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.8 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,958th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,399th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,752nd of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 276 grid connections (7 operating, 60.8 MW), 6 substations, 3 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, 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 49.5 MW grid connection at Rugeley 132Kv S Stn | Grid connection | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Stafford grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Butterhill Farm Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 7.1 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 41 km |
| S.E. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| S.W. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
Operator and place
More from Kingfisher Scottish Limited Partnership
- B&Q Swindon DC2.5 MW
- Screwfix Direct2.5 MW
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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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
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.