Power plant · North Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Royal Portbury Docks Renewable Energy Plant
Royal Portbury Docks Renewable Energy Plant is a cancelled power plant in North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 150 MW of capacity, operated by E.On UK Limited.
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 | North Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Port of Bristol, Bristol, BS20 | 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 |
| Permit date | 12 Mar 2012 (permit 09/P/1479/F2, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Sept 2009 (reference 09/P/1479/F2, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Mar 2012 (granted, reference 09/P/1479/F2, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | E.On UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 150 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4808, -2.7507 | 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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Royal Portbury Docks Renewable Energy Plant is the 61st-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 96th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 150 MW is 0.13% 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 | 61st of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | 0.21% |
| United Kingdom | 96th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | 0.13% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,088th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 61 grid connections (37 operating, 375 MW), 24 substations, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 16 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 19 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Bradford-On-Avon Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 37 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.