Power plant · Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Howgrove Farm
Howgrove Farm is a cancelled power plant in Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 4.7 MW of capacity, operated by Green Switch Solutions.
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 | Bath and North East Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Parcel 2900, Greenhouse Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, BS40 7UY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Sept 2014 (reference 14/03990/FUL, planning authority Bath and North East Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Feb 2016 (appeal refused, reference 14/03990/FUL, planning authority Bath and North East Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Jun 2015 (refused, reference 14/03990/FUL, planning authority Bath and North East Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Switch Solutions | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.7 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 | 13.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3549, -2.6865 | 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 researchHow it compares
Howgrove Farm is the 2,239th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,332nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.7 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 2,239th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,332nd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,005th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 387 grid connections (58 operating, 551 MW), 42 substations, 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howgrove 33KV Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Land North of grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Crab Tree Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 6.5 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 11 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 22 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.