Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Beacon Fen Energy Park
Beacon Fen Energy Park is a planned power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 600 MW of capacity, operated by Low Carbon.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | E/O Sleaford, Btw Heckington & Helpringham, Sleaford, NG34 7SR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Part of | Beacon Fen Energy Park (matched by planning reference) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Apr 2025 (reference EN010151, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Low Carbon | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 600 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9997, -0.4060 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted: Beacon Fen Energy Park (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010151) · source
- Permit applied for: Beacon Fen Energy Park (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010151) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010151)
How it compares
Beacon Fen Energy Park is the 59th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 90th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 600 MW is 0.2% 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 | 59th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.32% |
| United Kingdom | 90th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.2% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 192nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 10 grid connections (9 operating, 26.4 MW), 9 substations, 4 transmission lines and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 15 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 22 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 38 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| Belmont Covert | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Normanby | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.