Power plant · Cotswold, England, United Kingdom
Duke Of Gloucester Barracks
Duke Of Gloucester Barracks is a power plant in Cotswold, England, United Kingdom, with 1.4 MW of capacity, operated by Ministry of Defence.
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 | Cotswold (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Duke Of Gloucester Barracks Ai, Cricklade Road, South Cerney, Cirencester, GL7 5RD | 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 | 2021 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 May 2020 (permit 19/04344/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cotswold) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Nov 2019 (reference 19/04344/FUL, planning authority Cotswold) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 May 2020 (granted, reference 19/04344/FUL, planning authority Cotswold) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ministry of Defence | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.4 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 | 2.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6885, -1.9182 | 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 Cotswold, reference 19/04344/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cotswold, reference 19/04344/FUL)
How it compares
Duke Of Gloucester Barracks is the 3,139th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,668th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.4 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 | 3,139th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,668th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,288th 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: 164 grid connections (94 operating, 1,167 MW), 105 substations, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Farm PV & Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Siddington PV grid connection | Grid connection | 15.2 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Cirencester PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Cirencester BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Cirencester Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Whiteway Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 16 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.
- 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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