Power plant · North Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Braybrooke Battery Energy Storage System
Braybrooke Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in North Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by Aura Power Developments 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 | North Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Kettering Road, Harborough Road, Braybrooke, Market Harborough, LE16 8LL | 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 |
| Application date | 16 Jul 2025 (reference 25/00712/FUL, planning authority North Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Aura Power Developments Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 500 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 | 52.4618, -0.8828 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Braybrooke Battery Energy Storage System is the 70th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 107th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 500 MW is 0.17% 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 | 70th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.27% |
| United Kingdom | 107th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 249th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 282 grid connections, 10 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Harborough Eckland Solar Park Desborough Road grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Desborough Airfield A S&S grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Desborough Airfield B S&S grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.9 km |
| The Horizon Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 37 km |
Operator and place
More from Aura Power Developments Limited
- Station Road & Nye Road, Sandford - Battery Energy Storage System100 MW · planned
- Rutton Farm, Whimple - Horton Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
- Moreton Brook Farm, Lea Lane - Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
- Hawthorn Pit -Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
- Spratsgate Lane, Siddington - Solar Farm and Battery Energy Storage System25 MW · planned
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.