Power plant · Broxbourne, England, United Kingdom
Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (ACT)
Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (ACT) is a power plant under construction in Broxbourne, England, United Kingdom, with 9.6 MW of capacity, operated by Hoddesdon Energy and AssestGen Partner.
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 | Broxbourne (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ratty’s Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 0RG | 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 |
| Permit date | 26 Mar 2012 (permit 7/0510-10, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Broxbourne) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Jun 2010 (reference 7/0510-10, planning authority Broxbourne) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Mar 2012 (granted, reference 7/0510-10, planning authority Broxbourne) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hoddesdon Energy (AssestGen Partner / Hoddesdon Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AssestGen Partner (AssestGen Partner / Hoddesdon Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7675, 0.0035 | 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 granted (planning authority Broxbourne, reference 7/0510-10)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Broxbourne, reference 7/0510-10)
How it compares
Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (ACT) is the 1,206th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,932nd-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.6 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 1,206th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,932nd of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,024th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 99 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 60 substations, 24 grid connections (14 operating, 104 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kao Data KLON-01 | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Kao Data KLON-02 | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Google Datacentre Waltham Cross | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 8.8 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 19 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Canal Bank 11kV Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Canal Bank 6.6kV Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
Operators and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
- Navitus Bay Wind Park970 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.