Power plant · Rochford, England, United Kingdom
South Fambridge Hall - Solar farm & Battery storage
South Fambridge Hall - Solar farm & Battery storage is a power plant under construction in Rochford, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by British Solar Renewables and Baywa R.E. UK Limited.
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 | Rochford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South Fambridge Hall, Fambridge Road, South Fambridge, Rochford, SS4 3LS | 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 | 15 Dec 2021 (permit 21/00605/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rochford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Jun 2021 (reference 21/00605/FUL, planning authority Rochford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Dec 2021 (granted, reference 21/00605/FUL, planning authority Rochford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | British Solar Renewables (British Solar Renewables / BayWa r.e. UK Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Baywa R.E. UK Limited (British Solar Renewables / BayWa r.e. UK Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 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 | 51.6279, 0.6921 | 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 Rochford, reference 21/00605/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Rochford, reference 21/00605/FUL)
How it compares
South Fambridge Hall - Solar farm & Battery storage is the 1,200th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,875th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 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 | 1,200th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,875th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,872nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 26 data centers, 1 AI supercomputer, 1 transmission line and 1 grid connection (6.94 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 42 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 44 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 45 km |
Operators and place
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Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- 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
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.