Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station
Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station is a permitted power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 3,260 MW of capacity, operated by NNB Generation Company 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 (South West) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hinkley Point Somerset | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 19 Mar 2013 (permit EN010001, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 Oct 2011 (reference EN010001, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Mar 2013 (granted, reference EN010001, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | NNB Generation Company Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3,260 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Nuclear | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2081, -3.1292 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station is the largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3,260 MW is 1.1% 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 | 1st of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 1.8% |
| United Kingdom | 3rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 1.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 7th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.49% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 15 grid connections (9 operating, 98.9 MW), 9 substations, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 28 km |
| Microsoft Newport data centre | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Fleet Air Arm Museum grid connection | Grid connection | 4.01 MW | Operating | 40 km |
| Southfield Farm Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 42 km |
| Larkhill Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Chiltern Cantello grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 44 km |
Operator and place
More from NNB Generation Company Limited
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- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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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.