Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Horsey Levels - Solar Farm
Horsey Levels - Solar Farm is a power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 24 MW of capacity, operated by Enviromena Asset Management UK 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 | The Sw/O Puriton Hill, E/O The M5 Horsey Lane, Bridgwater, TA7 8QJ | 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 |
| Permit date | 1 Mar 2022 (permit 09/21/00035, 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 | 23 Dec 2021 (reference 09/21/00035, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Mar 2022 (granted, reference 09/21/00035, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Enviromena Asset Management UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24 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 | 36 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1618, -2.9753 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Somerset, reference 09/21/00035)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 09/21/00035)
How it compares
Horsey Levels - Solar Farm is the 501st-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 933rd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 24 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 | 501st of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 933rd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,392nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 42 grid connections (26 operating, 199 MW), 19 substations, 6 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 | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 22 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 24 km |
| Fleet Air Arm Museum grid connection | Grid connection | 4.01 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Southfield Farm Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Chiltern Cantello grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| Chilton Cantello Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Larkhill Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 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.
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- 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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