Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Blenches Mill
Blenches Mill is a power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 6.1 MW of capacity, operated by NextEnery Solar Fund.
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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adj Sewage Treatment Works, Slag Lane, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HZ | 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 | 2014 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 28 Nov 2013 (permit W/12/02081/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Nov 2012 (reference W/12/02081/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Nov 2013 (granted, reference W/12/02081/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | NextEnery Solar Fund (NextEnery Solar Fund (NESF)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2750, -2.1872 | 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 granted (planning authority Wiltshire, reference W/12/02081/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wiltshire, reference W/12/02081/FUL)
How it compares
Blenches Mill is the 1,604th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,534th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.1 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 | 1,604th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,534th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,088th 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: 190 grid connections (119 operating, 1,242 MW), 110 substations, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blenches Mill PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.06 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Hawkeridge Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Northacre Industrial Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.22 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Westbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Northacre Resource Recovery Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 35.5 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Ashton Park Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 32 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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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