Power plant · Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Thurleigh Road - Battery Energy Storage
Thurleigh Road - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Bedford, England, United Kingdom, with 69 MW of capacity, operated by Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev 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 | Thurleigh Road, Milton Ernest, Bedford, MK41 6AB | 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 | 30 Jan 2024 (permit 23/01139/MAF, 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 | 14 Jun 2023 (reference 23/01139/MAF, planning authority Bedford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Jan 2024 (granted, reference 23/01139/MAF, planning authority Bedford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 69 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 | 52.1798, -0.4983 | 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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Thurleigh Road - Battery Energy Storage is the 371st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 642nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 69 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 | 371st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 642nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,598th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 17 data centers, 2 substations and 2 grid connections (1 operating, 4.75 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 49 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 50 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.