Power plant · North Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Westfield Conservation Park - Battery Energy Storage System
Westfield Conservation Park - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in North Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 99 MW of capacity, operated by Lightrock Power.
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 | North Hertfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O A507 At Westfield Common, Clothall Road, Clothall, SG7 6RN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Aug 2025 (reference 25/01947/FP, planning authority North Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightrock Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99 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 | 51.9648, -0.1293 | 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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Westfield Conservation Park - Battery Energy Storage System is the 319th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 526th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99 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 | 319th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 526th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,440th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 45 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 34 grid connections, 13 substations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Hertfordshire Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Colt London North Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Milton Keynes, Woburn Sands grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 36 km |
| River Island 1 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 38 km |
| 34130902 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 38 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 41 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Harefield Primary | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © 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.