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Atherton - Battery energy storage
Atherton - Battery energy storage is an operational 30 MW battery storage site in Wigan, generating since 10 September 2025. Planning permission was granted on 29 July 2022, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: FPC Electric Land Limited / Pulse Clean Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 15 February 2022 |
| Permission granted | 29 July 2022 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 10 September 2025 37 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
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How big is Atherton - Battery energy storage?
Atherton - Battery energy storage has a recorded installed capacity of 30 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Atherton - Battery energy storage?
REPD records the operator as FPC Electric Land Limited / Pulse Clean Energy. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Atherton - Battery energy storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 15 February 2022. Permission was granted on 29 July 2022, 5 months later. The site became operational on 10 September 2025, 37 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 11151.
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