Power plant · Adur, England, United Kingdom
Halewick Lane, Sompting - Battery-based Energy Storage Facility
Halewick Lane, Sompting - Battery-based Energy Storage Facility is a power plant under construction in Adur, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by West Sussex County Council and Public Power Solutions.
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 | Adur (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at (former) Waste Managem, Halewick Lane, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 0ND | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Jan 2019 (reference SDNP/18/06402/FUL, planning authority Adur) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | West Sussex County Council (Public Power Solutions (PPS) / West Sussex County Council) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Public Power Solutions (Public Power Solutions (PPS) / West Sussex County Council) | 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 | 50.8469, -0.3285 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit applied for (planning authority Adur, reference SDNP/18/06402/FUL)
How it compares
Halewick Lane, Sompting - Battery-based Energy Storage Facility is the 478th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 847th-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 | 478th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 847th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,927th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 45 grid connections (30 operating, 164 MW), 33 substations and 11 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Horsham | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Binsted Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.98 MW | Operating | 20 km |
| Binstead Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 12.2 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Bilsham Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Solar 10 MW grid connection at Bilsham | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Billingshurst Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Five Oaks Primary | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Digital Realty LGW15 | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Digital Realty LGW16 | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
Operators 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.
- 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.
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