Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sundon, Chalton - Battery Energy Storage System
Sundon, Chalton - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted battery storage plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by Statera Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | W/O Chalton Sewage Treatment Works, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UQ | 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 | 16 Apr 2026 (permit CB/25/01098/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Apr 2025 (reference CB/25/01098/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Apr 2026 (granted, reference CB/25/01098/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statera Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 500 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 | 51.9317, -0.5017 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/25/01098/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/25/01098/FULL)
How it compares
Sundon, Chalton - Battery Energy Storage System is the 70th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 106th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 500 MW is 0.18% of the 279,068 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 | 70th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.29% |
| United Kingdom | 106th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.18% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 257th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 83 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 73 substations, 46 grid connections (27 operating, 312 MW), 1 AI supercomputer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 3 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Generation 99 MW grid connection at Amersham Main | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 32 km |
| Derehams Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 38 km |
| Loudwater grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 38 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
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- Staythorpe1,828 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.
- © 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.