Power plant · East Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Benington Wind Farm
Benington Wind Farm is a cancelled power plant in East Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 6.8 MW of capacity, operated by R H Bott & Son Ltd.
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 | East Hertfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land north of the A602, south-east of Aston, and south-west of Benington | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 May 2008 (reference 3/08/0889/FP, planning authority East Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Jan 2009 (refused, reference 3/08/0889/FP, planning authority East Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | R H Bott & Son Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units (2.25 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8931, -0.1277 | 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.
- Permit refused (planning authority East Hertfordshire, reference 3/08/0889/FP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Hertfordshire, reference 3/08/0889/FP)
How it compares
Benington Wind Farm is the 1,529th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,439th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.8 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 | 1,529th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,439th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,952nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 86 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 45 substations, 14 grid connections (8 operating, 50.6 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertfordshire Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Colt London North Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 23 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 33 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Harefield Primary | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Harefield Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 42 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.