Power plant · South Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Wombourne Road, Wombourne - Battery Energy Storage System
Wombourne Road, Wombourne - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in South Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 49.5 MW of capacity, operated by Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Staffordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | E/O Wombourne Road, Wombourne, WV5 0LU | 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 | 29 May 2025 (permit 24/01093/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Staffordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Dec 2024 (reference 24/01093/FULM, planning authority South Staffordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 May 2025 (granted, reference 24/01093/FULM, planning authority South Staffordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.5 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 | 52.5243, -2.1919 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority South Staffordshire, reference 24/01093/FULM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Staffordshire, reference 24/01093/FULM)
How it compares
Wombourne Road, Wombourne - Battery Energy Storage System is the 769th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,224th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.5 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 769th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,224th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,306th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Evoque Data Center Solutions | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
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- Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage30 MW · under construction
- Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage30 MW · under construction
- West Fen Farm, Whitemoor Road - Battery Storage30 MW · planned
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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
- 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.
- 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.
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