Power plant · Bristol, City of, England, United Kingdom
Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre (formerly Severn Road)
Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre (formerly Severn Road) is a power plant in Bristol, City of, England, United Kingdom, with 34 MW of capacity, operated by Viridor.
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 | Former Sevalco Site (North), Severn Road, Avonmouth, Bristol, BS11 0YU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2020 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 6 Apr 2011 (permit 09/04470/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 | 5 Nov 2009 (reference 09/04470/F, planning authority Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Jun 2011 (refused, reference 09/04470/F, planning authority Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Apr 2011 (appeal granted, reference 09/04470/F, planning authority Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Apr 2011 (granted, reference 09/04470/F, planning authority Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Viridor | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 34 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5297, -2.6640 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit refused (planning authority Bristol, City of, reference 09/04470/F)
- Permit granted (planning authority Bristol, City of, reference 09/04470/F)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Bristol, City of, reference 09/04470/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bristol, City of, reference 09/04470/F)
How it compares
Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre (formerly Severn Road) is the 358th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 674th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 34 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 | 358th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 674th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,588th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 75 grid connections (45 operating, 613 MW), 29 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 | — | — | 5.8 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 13 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 23 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 24 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 31 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 32 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- 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.