Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Dc1 Boscombe Road
Dc1 Boscombe Road is a cancelled power plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.7 MW of capacity, operated by Push Energy and Amazon UK Services.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Dc1, Boscombe Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4RW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Aug 2018 (reference CB/18/02801/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Push Energy (Amazon UK Services / Push Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Amazon UK Services (Amazon UK Services / Push Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.7 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 | 51.8916, -0.5037 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Dc1 Boscombe Road is the 2,999th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,453rd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.7 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 2,999th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,453rd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,854th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 134 grid connections (29 operating, 324 MW), 96 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 91 substations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 0.7 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 3 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Milton Keynes, Woburn Sands grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 17 km |
| Bletchley Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 18 km |
| 34130902 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 19 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
Operators and place
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- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.