Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Minety North
Minety North is a cancelled power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Minety North Storage and Statera Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land North of Minety Substation Minety, SN16 9RP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 May 2017 (reference 17/03936/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Minety North Storage (Statera Energy / Minety North Storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statera Energy (Statera Energy / Minety North Storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6019, -1.9854 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Minety North is the 168th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 352nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 168th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 352nd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,831st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 305 grid connections (95 operating, 1,168 MW), 97 substations and 9 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purlieus Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Melk 50MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Minety GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Stonehill grid connection | Grid connection | 150 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Minety Village Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Kemble RAF Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Operators and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.