Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sundon Substation

Sundon Substation is a power plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Pivot Power and EDF Energy Renewables.

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	Adj National Grid Sundon Substation, Water End Lane, Chalton, LU4 9UJ	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (operational)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	2025	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date	26 Jan 2022 (permit CB/21/02829/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	12 Jul 2021 (reference CB/21/02829/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	26 Jan 2022 (granted, reference CB/21/02829/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Pivot Power (Pivot Power / EDF Energy Renewables)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	EDF Energy Renewables (Pivot Power / EDF Energy Renewables)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	49.9 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	51.9316, -0.4957	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

1 Dec 2025Commissioned
26 Jan 2022Permit granted (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/21/02829/FULL)
12 Jul 2021Permit applied for (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/21/02829/FULL)

How it compares

Sundon Substation is the 175th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 362nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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	175th of 3,430	71,965 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	362nd of 5,050	115,622 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	1,865th of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

2025Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 84 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 71 substations, 45 grid connections (26 operating, 310 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	—	—	32 km
Generation 99 MW grid connection at Amersham Main	Grid connection	99 MW	Planned	32 km
Harefield Solar grid connection	Grid connection	30 MW	Planned	38 km
Derehams Farm grid connection	Grid connection	100 MW	Planned	38 km

Operators and place

Pivot PowerOperator
EDF Energy RenewablesOperator
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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.
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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