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Keele University
Keele University is an operational battery storage site in Newcastle-under-Lyme, generating since 29 April 2022. Planning permission was granted on 23 September 2019, 9 months after submission. Operator of record: Keele University.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 20 December 2018 |
| Permission granted | 23 September 2019 9 months after submission |
| Operational | 29 April 2022 31 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
- Green Belt — Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Registered park or garden — KEELE HALL
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.
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.4 | 0 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.9 | 1.1 km |
Battery · Operational | 20 | 4.2 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 14.2 | 5.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.5 | 6.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.3 | 10.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.4 | 13.3 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 2.6 | 13.5 km |
How big is Keele University?
REPD does not record an installed capacity for Keele University.
Who operates Keele University?
REPD records the operator as Keele University. 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 Keele University approved and built?
The application was submitted on 20 December 2018. Permission was granted on 23 September 2019, 9 months later. The site became operational on 29 April 2022, 31 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 11252.
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