Power plant · Newark and Sherwood, England, United Kingdom
Main Street, Kelham - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage
Main Street, Kelham - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Newark and Sherwood, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Assured Asset Solar 2 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Newark and Sherwood (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The W/O Main Street, Kelham, Newark, NG23 5QP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 3 Dec 2025 (permit 23/01837/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Newark and Sherwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Oct 2023 (reference 23/01837/FULM, planning authority Newark and Sherwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Dec 2025 (appeal granted, reference 23/01837/FULM, planning authority Newark and Sherwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Jan 2025 (refused, reference 23/01837/FULM, planning authority Newark and Sherwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Assured Asset Solar 2 Limited (Assured Asset Solar 2 Limited (Peridot Solar), applicant) | 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 (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0942, -0.8437 | 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 (appeal granted, planning authority Newark and Sherwood, reference 23/01837/FULM)
- Permit refused (planning authority Newark and Sherwood, reference 23/01837/FULM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Newark and Sherwood, reference 23/01837/FULM)
How it compares
Main Street, Kelham - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage is the 379th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 690th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 379th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 690th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,784th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 53 grid connections (25 operating, 262 MW), 36 substations, 4 data centers and 4 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 27 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Lea Road | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 34 km |
Operator and place
More from Assured Asset Solar 2 Limited
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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.
- 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.
- 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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