Power plant · Test Valley, England, United Kingdom
Upton Lane, Nursling - Battery Energy Storage
Upton Lane, Nursling - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Test Valley, England, United Kingdom, with 99.9 MW of capacity, operated by Masdar Arlington Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Test Valley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Upton Lane Nursling, SO16 0XY | 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 | 15 May 2025 (permit 24/02264/FULLS, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Oct 2024 (ref. 24/02264/FULLS, Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 May 2025 (granted, ref. 24/02264/FULLS, Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Masdar Arlington Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9495, -1.4689 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Upton Lane, Nursling - Battery Energy Storage is the 296th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 501st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99.9 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 296th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 501st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,415th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 218 grid connections (122 operating, 1,128 MW), 191 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 20.131 MW grid connection at Rownham | Grid connection | 20.1 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Rownhams BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| 49.9MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| 50MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 49.5 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Lordshill Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Nursling GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 30 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.