Power plant · Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
Sudmeadow Road, Hempsted - Battery Energy Storage System
Sudmeadow Road, Hempsted - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Gloucester, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Greenfield Energy Developments Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Gloucester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Sudmeadow Road, Hempsted, Gloucester, GL2 5HD | 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 | 21 Nov 2025 (permit 24/00732/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Gloucester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Oct 2024 (reference 24/00732/FUL, planning authority Gloucester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Nov 2025 (granted, reference 24/00732/FUL, planning authority Gloucester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Greenfield Energy Developments Limited | 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 | 51.8614, -2.2573 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Sudmeadow Road, Hempsted - Battery Energy Storage System is the 478th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 847th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 478th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 847th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,927th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 76 grid connections (48 operating, 672 MW), 48 substations, 8 data centers and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DXC Technology | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Shipton Oliffe Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Whiteway Primary | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Bathurst Estates grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Cirencester Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 25 km |
| Tetbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Crucis Park Estate LLP grid connection | Grid connection | 12.6 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Ionos data center, England | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 42 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.
- © 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.