Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Dunton Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
Dunton Lane - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted battery storage plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 177 MW of capacity, operated by Central Bedfordshire Council.
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 | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Dunton Lane, Biggleswade, SG18 8SH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 24 Oct 2025 (permit CB/25/00421/REG3, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Feb 2025 (reference CB/25/00421/REG3, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Oct 2025 (granted, reference CB/25/00421/REG3, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Central Bedfordshire Council (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 177 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 | 52.0815, -0.2256 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/25/00421/REG3)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/25/00421/REG3)
How it compares
Dunton Lane - Battery Energy Storage System is the 206th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 322nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 177 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 206th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 322nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 925th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 20 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 42 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 50 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.