Power plant · West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Silver Spinney Farm
Silver Spinney Farm is a power plant under construction in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Thrive Renewables.
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 | West Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Silver Spinney Farm, Deanshanger Road, Wicken, Milton Keynes, MK19 6BS | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Jan 2019 (reference S/2019/0086/FUL, planning authority West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Thrive Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.0487, -0.9009 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Northamptonshire, reference S/2019/0086/FUL)
How it compares
Silver Spinney Farm is the 1,281st-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,047th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 1,281st of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,047th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,179th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 59 grid connections (22 operating, 176 MW), 48 substations and 13 data centers, 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 Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 10.0 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Launton - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 22 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.
- 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.