Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Somerford Farm, Brinkworth - Battery Storage
Somerford Farm, Brinkworth - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 6.63 MW of capacity, operated by Pelagic Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Somerford Farm, Brinkworth, SN15 5AU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 17 Oct 2024 (permit PL/2022/02824, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Apr 2022 (reference PL/2022/02824, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Oct 2024 (granted, reference PL/2022/02824, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Mar 2024 (refused, reference PL/2022/02824, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Oct 2024 (appeal granted, reference PL/2022/02824, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Pelagic Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.63 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 | 51.5861, -1.9856 | 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.
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2022/02824)
- Permit granted (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2022/02824)
- Permit refused (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2022/02824)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2022/02824)
How it compares
Somerford Farm, Brinkworth - Battery Storage is the 1,567th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,423rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.63 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 | 1,567th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,423rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,537th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 167 grid connections (98 operating, 1,182 MW), 99 substations, 9 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purlieus Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Melk 50MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Stonehill grid connection | Grid connection | 150 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Minety GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Minety Village Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Lyneham Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.