Power plant · Bedford, England, United Kingdom
The Brickmakers Arms Battery
The Brickmakers Arms Battery is a cancelled battery storage plant in Bedford, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by FPC Industry & Enterprise 2 Limited.
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 | Bedford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The Brickmakers Arms Ph Woburn Road, Kempston Hardwick Bedford, MK43 9AH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 22 Dec 2021 (permit 21/00300/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bedford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Feb 2021 (reference 21/00300/FUL, planning authority Bedford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Dec 2021 (granted, reference 21/00300/FUL, planning authority Bedford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | FPC Industry & Enterprise 2 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 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 | 52.0971, -0.5076 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Bedford, reference 21/00300/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bedford, reference 21/00300/FUL)
How it compares
The Brickmakers Arms Battery is the 877th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 1,479th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 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 | 877th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,479th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,712th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 16 data centers, 9 grid connections (3 operating, 23.9 MW) and 8 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 42 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 44 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 44 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 48 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.
- 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.
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