Power plant · Trafford, England, United Kingdom
West Didsbury Battery Storage
West Didsbury Battery Storage is a power plant in Trafford, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Statera Energy and Gresham House.
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 | Trafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Sawfield Nurseries Fairy Lane, Sale, M33 2JU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2023 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 22 Nov 2019 (permit 92459/FUL/17, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Sept 2017 (ref. 92459/FUL/17, Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Nov 2019 (granted, ref. 92459/FUL/17, Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statera Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Gresham House | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 53.4197, -2.2780 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
West Didsbury Battery Storage is the 168th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 352nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 168th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 352nd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,831st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. 92459/FUL/17
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 383 grid connections (198 operating, 1,808 MW), 46 substations and 3 CO2 emitters, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairy Lane (ESS Option) grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| South Manchester BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 70 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Sale BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 24 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | CO2 emitter | — | Permitted | 24 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Slaithwaite | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Todmorden | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Meltham | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
Operators and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from Statera Energy
- The Kintore Hydrogen Project, Kintore - Hydrogen Plant3,000 MW · permitted
- Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road - Battery Storage680 MW · under construction
- Loch Ness & Loch Kemp - Pumped Hydro Scheme600 MW · planned
- Culham Science Centre, Clifton Hampden - Battery Storage Facility500 MW · permitted
- East Claydon Battery Energy Storage500 MW · permitted
- Sundon, Chalton - Battery Energy Storage System500 MW · permitted
- East Chickerell Court Farm - Battery Energy Storage System400 MW · permitted
- Dollymans Storage100 MW
Other power plants in England
- 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.