Power plant · New Forest, England, United Kingdom
Pennington Recycling Centre
Pennington Recycling Centre is a power plant in New Forest, England, United Kingdom, with 1.2 MW of capacity, operated by Novus Solar Developments.
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 | New Forest (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Pennington Recycling Centre, Milford Road, Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 8QZ | 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 |
| Start year | 2016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 29 Sept 2015 (permit 15/11012, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Jul 2015 (reference 15/11012, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Sept 2015 (granted, reference 15/11012, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Novus Solar Developments | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.2 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 |
| Coordinates | 50.7389, -1.5603 | 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 researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority New Forest, reference 15/11012)
- Permit applied for (planning authority New Forest, reference 15/11012)
How it compares
Pennington Recycling Centre is the 3,211th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,760th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.2 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 | 3,211th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,760th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,533rd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 173 grid connections (101 operating, 996 MW), 157 substations, 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onyx Waste grid connection | Grid connection | 1.45 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Milford-On-Sea Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Lymington Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Arnewood BSP | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Withybed Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 6.6 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 26 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.
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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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