Power plant · Welwyn Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
New Barnfield ERF Power Station
New Barnfield ERF Power Station is a cancelled power plant in Welwyn Hatfield, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Veolia Environnement Sa.
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 | Welwyn Hatfield (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | New Barnfield, Travellers Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (secretary of state, refusal) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Dec 2011 (reference 6/2570-11, planning authority Welwyn Hatfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Jul 2015 (refused, reference 6/2570-11, planning authority Welwyn Hatfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Jul 2015 (secretary of state refused, reference 6/2570-11, planning authority Welwyn Hatfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Veolia Environnement Sa (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7414, -0.2221 | 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.
- Permit refused (secretary of state refused, planning authority Welwyn Hatfield, reference 6/2570-11)
- Permit refused (planning authority Welwyn Hatfield, reference 6/2570-11)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Welwyn Hatfield, reference 6/2570-11)
How it compares
New Barnfield ERF is the 649th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 1,074th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 649th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,074th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,216th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 133 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 94 substations, 36 grid connections (21 operating, 226 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colt London North Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.0 km |
| BT Computer Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Hertfordshire Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 19 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Acton Lane BSP | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Canal Bank 11kV Primary | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Harefield Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 25 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 25 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
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- 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
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