Power plant · Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom
Cottom Power Station
Cottom Power Station is a planned power plant in Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by EDF Energy Thermal Generation 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 | Bassetlaw (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Cottam Power Station, DN22 0EU | 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 | 13 Oct 2020 (reference 20/01288/CTP, planning authority Bassetlaw) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EDF Energy Thermal Generation Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 53.3042, -0.7783 | 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.
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Bassetlaw, reference 20/01288/CTP)
How it compares
Cottom Power Station is the 422nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 755th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% 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 | 422nd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 755th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,832nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 211 grid connections (106 operating, 1,307 MW), 143 substations, 5 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 4.2 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 5.6 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 5.9 km |
| Lea Road | Substation | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Corringham Road | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 18 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 31 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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- 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.
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