Power plant · Stockport, England, United Kingdom
Welkin Mill
Welkin Mill is a power plant in Stockport, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Noriker Power.
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 | Stockport (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Welkin Mill, Welkin Road, Bredbury, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK6 2BH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Unknown (revised) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Aug 2020 (reference DC/077298, planning authority Stockport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Noriker Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 53.4204, -2.1316 | 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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Welkin Mill is the 175th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 362nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 175th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 362nd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,841st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 455 substations, 424 grid connections (214 operating, 1,987 MW), 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welkin Mill grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Welkin Road grid connection | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Vernon Park BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Bredbury GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Vernon Park BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 75 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Portwood | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| CDL Strata Campus Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Equinix MA4 | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from Noriker Power
- Camsiscan Farm, Craigie - Battery Energy Storage System350 MW · permitted
- Gibson Farm, Blackhillock - Battery Energy Storage System349 MW · permitted
- Welkin Mill, Welkin Road - Battery Storage49.9 MW · under construction
- Noriker Power Staunch20 MW
- Perserverance Road20 MW · permitted
- Littlebrook Battery Storage7.5 MW
- Albion Road5 MW
- Rothienorman Battery Storage grid connection50 MW
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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
- 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.