Power plant · North Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
St Ippolyts - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
St Ippolyts - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in North Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 12.5 MW of capacity, operated by Brockwell Storage & Solar 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 | North Hertfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Opp Wymondley Grid Station & To The S/O Sperberry Hill, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, SG4 7JR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 28 Jul 2025 (permit 24/02455/FP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Jul 2021 (reference 24/02455/FP, planning authority North Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 24/02455/FP, planning authority North Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Brockwell Storage & Solar Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12.5 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 | 51.9234, -0.2441 | 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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St Ippolyts - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 1,405th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,184th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12.5 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,405th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,184th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,901st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 80 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 76 grid connections (10 operating, 90.3 MW), 51 substations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Hertfordshire Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Colt London North Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Milton Keynes, Woburn Sands grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 29 km |
| River Island 1 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 32 km |
| 34130902 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 32 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 38 km |
| Harefield Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © 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.