Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Beacon Fen Energy Park
Beacon Fen Energy Park is a power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 400 MW of capacity, operated by Beacon Fen Energy Park Limited and Low Carbon.
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 | North Kesteven (coordinates), England (East Midlands) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | North Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site 2.5km N of Heckington and 6.5km NE of Sleaford, connecting to Bicker Fen. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 |
| Permit date | 21 Aug 2026 (permit EN010151, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Apr 2025 (reference EN010151, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · 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 |
| Decision date | 21 Aug 2026 (granted, reference EN010151, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Beacon Fen Energy Park Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 | 400 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 400 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 755 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 529 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0155, -0.2920 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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.
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2 sources record Beacon Fen Energy Park; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Fen Energy Park | asset:pins-nsip:en010151 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Beacon Fen Energy Park | asset:repd:13599 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | Same name and capacity |
How it compares
Beacon Fen Energy Park is the 103rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 157th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 400 MW is 0.13% of the 300,661 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 | 103rd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.21% |
| United Kingdom | 157th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.13% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 351st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 13 grid connections (10 operating, 33.9 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 | 11 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 15 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Belmont Covert | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 42 km |
| Normanby | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 42 km |
| Walesby | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
Operators and place
Power plants in this power plant
- Beacon Fen Energy Park400 MW
- Beacon Fen Energy Park600 MW
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.