Power plant · Broxbourne, England, United Kingdom
Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (Waste AD)
Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (Waste AD) is a power plant in Broxbourne, England, United Kingdom, with 3 MW of capacity, operated by Biogen.
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 | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | 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 | Biogen (Biogen (formerly Tamar Energy)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | 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 researchHow it compares
Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (Waste AD) is the 2,525th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,739th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 2,525th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,739th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,653rd of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. 7/0510-10
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 99 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 60 substations, 25 grid connections (15 operating, 111 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 |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 31 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Canal Bank 11kV Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.