Power plant · Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Brindley Close (Extension)
Brindley Close (Extension) is a power plant under construction in Swindon, England, United Kingdom, with 6 MW of capacity, operated by Public Power 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 | Swindon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At, Brindley Close, Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, Swindon, SN2 2YW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Sept 2020 (permit S/20/0850, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Jul 2020 (reference S/20/0850, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Sept 2020 (granted, reference S/20/0850, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Public Power Solutions | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5746, -1.8124 | 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 researchHow it compares
Brindley Close (Extension) is the 1,576th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,433rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,576th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,433rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,556th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 288 grid connections (118 operating, 1,313 MW), 140 substations, 10 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generation 11.4 MW grid connection at Minety GSP | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Trading Estate Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Solar 2.375 MW grid connection at Swindon | Grid connection | 2.38 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Swindon Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Swindon BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Mannington Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 6.4 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.