Moston Vale

Moston Vale is a 10 MW battery storage site under construction in Manchester. Planning permission was granted on 24 November 2020, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Novus Renewable Services.

10 MW

Capacity

as recorded in REPD

Under Construction

Status

no operational date

Battery

Technology

Novus Renewable Services

Manchester

Authority

England

Planning and build timeline

Application submitted	31 July 2020
Permission granted	24 November 2020 4 months after submission
Operational	not recorded

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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 Moston Vale?

Moston Vale has a recorded installed capacity of 10 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 Moston Vale?

REPD records the operator as Novus Renewable Services. 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 Moston Vale approved and built?

The application was submitted on 31 July 2020. Permission was granted on 24 November 2020, 4 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.

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 8085.

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