Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Somerset Energy Park
Somerset Energy Park is a planned power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, operated by Somerset Energy Park 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 | Somerset (coordinates), England (South West) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The site lies approximately 1 km east of Highbridge and 9 km to the north-east of Bridgwater, Somerset, falling within the administrative area of Somerset Council. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Oct 2027 (reference EN0110039, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected October 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Somerset Energy Park Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2381, -2.9086 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this power plant: 53 grid connections (31 operating, 223 MW), 23 substations, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 12 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 14 km |
| Fleet Air Arm Museum grid connection | Grid connection | 4.01 MW | Operating | 31 km |
| Solar 1.254 MW grid connection at Castle Cary | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| Southfield Farm Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| Castle Cary Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Sparkford Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
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Data on this page
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.