Power plant · New Forest, England, United Kingdom
Pennington Wastewater Treatment Works, Milford Road - Solar panels
Pennington Wastewater Treatment Works, Milford Road - Solar panels is a planned power plant in New Forest, England, United Kingdom, with 1.28 MW of capacity, operated by Southern Water.
Facts
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| 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 Wastewater Treatment Works, Milford Road, SO41 8QZ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Apr 2024 (reference 24/10306, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Southern Water | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.28 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 | 50.7413, -1.5580 | 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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- Permit applied for (planning authority New Forest, reference 24/10306)
How it compares
Pennington Wastewater Treatment Works, Milford Road - Solar panels is the 1,997th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,001st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.28 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,997th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,001st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,228th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 176 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Onyx Waste grid connection | Grid connection | 1.45 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Milford-On-Sea Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Lymington Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Arnewood BSP | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Withybed Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 6.7 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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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