Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Northacre RRC
Northacre RRC is a cancelled power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 22 MW of capacity, operated by Northacre Renewable Energy.
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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Northgate Industrial Park, Stephenson Road, Westbury, BA13 4WD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 23 Sept 2015 (permit 14/12003/WCM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Dec 2014 (reference 14/12003/WCM, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Sept 2015 (granted, reference 14/12003/WCM, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Northacre Renewable Energy (Northacre Renewable Energy (Hills Group)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 22 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2716, -2.2072 | 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
Northacre RRC is the 535th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 997th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 22 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 | 535th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 997th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,601st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 328 grid connections (112 operating, 1,180 MW), 108 substations, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northacre Industrial Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.22 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Northacre Resource Recovery Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 35.5 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Blenches Mill PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.06 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Hawkeridge Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Westbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Ashton Park Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 31 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © 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.