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Calow Green Farm
Calow Green Farm is an operational 20 MW battery storage site in North East Derbyshire, generating since 1 October 2019. Planning permission was granted on 31 March 2020, 19 months after submission. Operator of record: Arlington Energy (formerly Enso Energy).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 September 2018 |
| Permission granted | 31 March 2020 19 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 October 2019 |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
North East Derbyshire’s record on battery storage
North East Derbyshire has decided 10 battery storage schemes and approved 60%, taking a median of 3.3 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in North East Derbyshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 0.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 1.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 2.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8 | 3.5 km |
Battery · Operational | — | 4.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 31 | 4.8 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.2 | 4.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2 | 5.1 km |
How big is Calow Green Farm?
Calow Green Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 20 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Calow Green Farm?
REPD records the operator as Arlington Energy (formerly Enso Energy). Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Calow Green Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 10 September 2018. Permission was granted on 31 March 2020, 19 months later. The site became operational on 1 October 2019.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 7140.
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