Power plant · Mid Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Libra Energy Stability Project - Battery Energy Storage
Libra Energy Stability Project - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Mid Sussex, England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Lightrock Power.
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 | Mid Sussex (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Coombe Farm, Bob Lane, Twineham, Haywards Heath, RH17 5NH | 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 | 31 Jan 2025 (permit DM/23/1184, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Mid Sussex) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 May 2023 (reference DM/23/1184, planning authority Mid Sussex) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Jan 2025 (granted, reference DM/23/1184, planning authority Mid Sussex) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightrock Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 | 50.9735, -0.2212 | 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 granted (planning authority Mid Sussex, reference DM/23/1184)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Mid Sussex, reference DM/23/1184)
How it compares
Libra Energy Stability Project - Battery Energy Storage is the 248th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 426th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 248th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 426th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,276th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 39 grid connections (28 operating, 156 MW), 32 substations and 16 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 | — | — | 11 km |
| Five Oaks Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Solar 3.905 MW grid connection at Five Oaks Farm PV | Grid connection | 3.91 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Digital Realty LGW15 | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Billingshurst Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Digital Realty LGW16 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Malham Farm Solar & Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Plaistow Primary | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Solar 4.75 MW grid connection at Plaistow | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 25 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.
- 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.