Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Avenue Power - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility
Avenue Power - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility is a cancelled power plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by AMP Energy Services Limited.
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 | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Avenue Power, Eastern Avenue Industrial Estate, Eastern Avenue, Dunstable, LU5 4JY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Jan 2022 (reference CB/21/05568/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Feb 2022 (withdrawn, reference CB/21/05568/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AMP Energy Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 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 | 51.8875, -0.5057 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/21/05568/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/21/05568/FULL)
How it compares
Avenue Power - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility is the 1,758th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,742nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 1,758th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,742nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,380th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 98 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 93 substations, 59 grid connections (29 operating, 324 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 1.2 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 3 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Generation 99 MW grid connection at Amersham Main | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 27 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Harefield Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 33 km |
| Derehams Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 33 km |
Operator and place
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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.
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