Power plant · Uttlesford, England, United Kingdom
Stocking Pelham - Battery Storage System
Stocking Pelham - Battery Storage System is a cancelled battery storage plant in Uttlesford, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Connections.
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 | Uttlesford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Crabbs Lane And Pelham Substation Stocking Pelham, SG9 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Apr 2022 (reference 3/22/0806/FUL, planning authority East Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Jun 2025 (refused, reference 3/22/0806/FUL, planning authority East Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Connections (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9400, 0.1210 | 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.
- Permit refused (planning authority East Hertfordshire, reference 3/22/0806/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Hertfordshire, reference 3/22/0806/FUL)
How it compares
Stocking Pelham - Battery Storage System is the 257th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 474th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 257th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 474th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,660th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 48 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer, 1 transmission line and 1 grid connection, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kao Data KLON-02 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 19 km |
| Kao Data KLON-01 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 39 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 49 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
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