Power plant · King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Walpole Flexible Generation Project
Walpole Flexible Generation Project is a cancelled power plant in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, with 2,000 MW of capacity, operated by Walpole Flexible Generation 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 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk (coordinates), England (Eastern) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land near Walpole Marsh, Wisbech PE14 7JL | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (withdrawn) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Jul 2026 (withdrawn, reference EN0110009, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Walpole Flexible Generation Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2,000 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7302, 0.1824 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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.
- Withdrawn (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN0110009) · source
Also recorded as
2 sources record Walpole Flexible Generation Project; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walpole Flexible Generation Project | asset:pins-nsip:en0110009 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Walpole Flexible Generation | asset:neso-tec:pro-002440 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and capacity |
How it compares
Walpole Flexible Generation Project is the largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2,000 MW is 1.7% 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 | 1st of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | 2.8% |
| United Kingdom | 1st of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | 1.7% |
| All power plants in our data | 74th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | 0.17% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 13 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 14 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 32 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 35 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- 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.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.