Power plant · South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Grange Farm (Avon)

Grange Farm (Avon) is a power plant in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, with 21 MW of capacity, operated by Solar Power South.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationSouth Gloucestershire (coordinates), EnglandDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
AddressGrange Farm, Old Gloucester Road, Winterbourne, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS36 1RRDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (operational)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year2014DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date6 Jan 2014 (permit PT13/3662/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Gloucestershire)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date17 Oct 2013 (reference PT13/3662/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date6 Jan 2014 (granted, reference PT13/3662/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorSolar Power SouthDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity21 MWDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologySolar PhotovoltaicsDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Area37 ha (solar site area)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.5401, -2.5201DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

  1. Commissioned
  2. Permit granted (planning authority South Gloucestershire, reference PT13/3662/F)
  3. Permit applied for (planning authority South Gloucestershire, reference PT13/3662/F)

How it compares

Grange Farm (Avon) is the 553rd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,029th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 21 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England553rd of 3,43071,965 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,029th of 5,050115,622 MW<0.1%
All power plants in our data3,759th of 12,0321,190,447 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 108 grid connections (66 operating, 791 MW), 43 substations, 13 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
nLighten BristolData center——4.3 km
University of Bristol Isambard-AIAI supercomputer5,448 H100eOperating5.6 km
Alderton PrimarySubstation——21 km
Castle Combe PV grid connectionGrid connection11.4 MWOperating21 km
Yatton Keynell PrimarySubstation——24 km
40MW grid connectionGrid connection40 MWPlanned25 km
Spring Quarry West PrimarySubstation——25 km
Ark Data CentresData center——25 km
Data center, England (OSM way 996865179)Data center——25 km

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