Chapel Farm 📊👤

Status
operation
Country / State / Closest City
🇬🇧 uk / eastern / Luton
Dates
First heard 2019-06-13
Construction start
Operation start 2023-06-16
Estimated start 2023Q1
Construction time
Capacity in MWh
99
Maximum Power in MW
49
Manufacturer
tesla
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
megapack / / LFP
Customer / Owner / Developer
/ Harmony Energy / Harmony Energy
Use case
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:51.925834+-0.499999
Coordinates
51.925834, -0.499999
✅ The site is known, coords are +/- 1 kilometer
Notes
extrapolated the cost from the 60 million investment for 60% and then split it across both projects mentioned in article
Project website
Sources
https://reneweconomy.com.au/tag-energy-to-use-tesla-megapacks-in-two-new-battery-storage-projects-in-uk/
https://twitter.com/Tesla_Megapack/status/1669479285848182784
Internal / External id
129 / 7058

UK REPD data

The government data source for this battery is the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract
Info from the 2024-04 report (Project first appeared in the 2021-09 report):

Plant Name / State
Chapel Farm / eastern
Go live / estimated go live
/
MW
49
Status
planning
Changes:
2024-01
Record Last Updated (dd/mm/yyyy): -> 13/06/2019

2023-07
Record Last Updated (dd/mm/yyyy): 13/06/2019 ->