Power plant · Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom
Steeple Renewables Project
Steeple Renewables Project is a planned power plant in Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom, with 450 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Energy Systems RES ltd.
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 | Bassetlaw (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Burton Power Station, Sturton-le-Steeple, Retford, DN22 9BL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Part of | Steeple Renewables Project (matched by planning reference) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 May 2025 (reference EN010163, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Energy Systems RES ltd (Renewable Energy Systems RES Limited (Beaufort)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 450 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 888 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3661, -0.8162 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted: Steeple Renewables Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010163) · source
- Permit applied for: Steeple Renewables Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010163) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010163)
How it compares
Steeple Renewables Project is the 98th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 150th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 450 MW is 0.15% 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 | 98th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.24% |
| United Kingdom | 150th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.15% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 319th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 267 grid connections (131 operating, 1,781 MW), 180 substations, 6 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lea Road | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Corringham Road | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Eminox Limited grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 6.3 km |
| Gas 2.85 MW grid connection at Corringham Road | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 6.3 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 9.4 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 9.4 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 11 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
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- 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
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.