Power plant · North Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Smart Systems Limited, Arnolds Way - Solar Panels
Smart Systems Limited, Arnolds Way - Solar Panels is a power plant under construction in North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 2.93 MW of capacity, operated by Smart Systems Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Smart Systems Ltd Arnolds Way Yatton, BS49 4QN | 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 |
| Permit date | 2 Oct 2023 (permit 23/P/1277/FUL, 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 | 6 Jul 2023 (reference 23/P/1277/FUL, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Oct 2023 (granted, reference 23/P/1277/FUL, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Smart Systems Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.93 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 |
| Area | 1.38 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3926, -2.8360 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Smart Systems Limited, Arnolds Way - Solar Panels is the 1,780th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,722nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.93 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,780th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,722nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,889th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 403 grid connections (38 operating, 347 MW), 22 substations, 10 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yatton Arnolds Way (Smart Systems) grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Yew Tree Farm Solar Project grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Sandford Solar Energy Hub, Study and Offer grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 5.8 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 7.8 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Holwell Primary | Substation | — | — | 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © 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.