Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Framptons Limited Energy Centre
Framptons Limited Energy Centre is a power plant under construction in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 3.9 MW of capacity, operated by Framptons 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 | Former Petrol Station, BA4 5PD | 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 | 7 Oct 2021 (permit 2020/2382/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 | 20 Nov 2020 (reference 2020/2382/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Oct 2021 (granted, reference 2020/2382/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Framptons Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1871, -2.5308 | 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.
- Permit granted (planning authority Somerset, reference 2020/2382/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 2020/2382/FUL)
How it compares
Framptons Limited Energy Centre is the 1,350th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,153rd-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.9 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 1,350th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,153rd of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,307th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 123 grid connections (76 operating, 698 MW), 60 substations, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5.5 MW | Planned | 8.6 km |
| Wyke Farms Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 9.1 km |
| Holwell Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Holwell PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.55 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| Bruton Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Castle Cary Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 24 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 30 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.