Power plant · Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Perpetuus Tidal Project
Perpetuus Tidal Project is a permitted power plant in Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre.
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 | Isle of Wight (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O St Catherine's Point, Ventnor, PO38 2NF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Tidal Stream | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.5759, -1.2950 | 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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Perpetuus Tidal Project is the 805th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,320th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 805th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,320th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,749th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 130 grid connections (73 operating, 649 MW), 120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Water Services Limited grid connection | Grid connection | 19.8 MW | Planned | 5.5 km |
| Ventnor Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Solar 2.66 MW grid connection at Shanklin | Grid connection | 2.66 MW | Operating | 9.9 km |
| Shanklin Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Lane End Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 4.6 MW | Planned | 10 km |
| Sandown Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| ServerHouse | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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