Power plant · East Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Water Hall Generation Plant
Water Hall Generation Plant is a cancelled biomass power plant in East Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.2 MW of capacity, operated by Energy Developments.
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 | East Hertfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Water Hall Quarry, Lower Hatfield Road, | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Mar 2000 (permit 3/99/1721/CM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Nov 1999 (reference 3/99/1721/CM, planning authority East Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Mar 2000 (granted, reference 3/99/1721/CM, planning authority East Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Energy Developments (ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LTD, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.2 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill Gas | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7741, -0.1183 | 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 East Hertfordshire, reference 3/99/1721/CM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Hertfordshire, reference 3/99/1721/CM)
How it compares
Water Hall Generation Plant is the 3,776th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 5,495th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.2 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 3,776th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,495th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 12,477th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 130 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 82 substations, 36 grid connections (21 operating, 226 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colt London North Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Hertfordshire Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Google Datacentre Waltham Cross | Data center | — | — | 9.9 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 17 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 20 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Acton Lane BSP | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Canal Bank 11kV Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- 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.
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