Power plant · Bristol, City of, England, United Kingdom
Avonmouth Resource Park
Avonmouth Resource Park is a cancelled power plant in Bristol, City of, England, United Kingdom, with 12.5 MW of capacity, operated by Goodman International.
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 | Bristol, City of (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Plot M2 Kings Weston Lane Avonmouth Bristol | 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 | 28 May 2009 (permit 09/00608/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Feb 2009 (reference 09/00608/F, planning authority Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 May 2009 (granted, reference 09/00608/F, planning authority Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Goodman International | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5176, -2.6852 | 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 Bristol, City of, reference 09/00608/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bristol, City of, reference 09/00608/F)
How it compares
Avonmouth Resource Park is the 900th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,585th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12.5 MW is <0.1% 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 | 900th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,585th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,002nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 74 grid connections (45 operating, 610 MW), 28 substations, 11 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 7.6 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 15 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 21 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 22 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 33 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
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