Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Brains Solar Farm
Brains Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 18.8 MW of capacity, operated by NextPower SPV 13 Limited.
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 | Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Solar Site South Of Brains Farm Moor Lane Wincanton, BA9 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Jan 2022 (permit 21/02205/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Jul 2021 (reference 21/02205/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Jan 2022 (granted, reference 21/02205/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | NextPower SPV 13 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18.8 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 |
| Area | 29.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.0419, -2.3970 | 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 Somerset, reference 21/02205/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 21/02205/FUL)
How it compares
Brains Solar Farm is the 1,294th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,026th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18.8 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,294th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,026th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,108th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 173 grid connections (108 operating, 1,023 MW), 102 substations, 3 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutor Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.28 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Wincanton Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Brains Farm CIC grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Solar 4.75 MW grid connection at Wincanton | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Bourton Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| West Stour Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 42 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 44 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.