Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Bourne Park AD (AD)
Bourne Park AD (AD) is a power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 1.1 MW of capacity, operated by Eco Sustainable Solutions.
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 | Dorset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Piddlehinton, Dorchester, DT2 7TU | 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 | 2012 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 8 Jun 2010 (permit PL\0698\08, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 May 2008 (reference PL\0698\08, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Jun 2010 (granted, reference PL\0698\08, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Eco Sustainable Solutions | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.7774, -2.3915 | 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 Dorset, reference PL\0698\08)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dorset, reference PL\0698\08)
How it compares
Bourne Park AD (AD) is the 3,268th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,829th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.1 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 | 3,268th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,829th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,693rd 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: 125 grid connections (83 operating, 670 MW), 86 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourne Park PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Bourne Park - Eco Piddlehinton AD grid connection | Grid connection | 1.24 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Farm Power Apollo PV grid connection | Grid connection | 2.09 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Puddletown Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Piddletrenthide Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Charminster Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
Operator and place
More from Eco Sustainable Solutions
- Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 236 MW
- Parley Renewable Energy Park (PV)5 MW
- Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 34 MW
- Chapel Lane ERF3.4 MW · under construction
- Eco Composting3.2 MW
- Parley Renewable Energy Park (AD)1 MW
- Eco Parley Generation grid connection8.69 MW
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.
- 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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