Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
The Transmitting Station, Williton - Solar Farm (Wyndham Estate)
The Transmitting Station, Williton - Solar Farm (Wyndham Estate) is a permitted power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Elgin Energy ES Co 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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O the Transmitting Station, Washford, Williton, TA23 0JD | 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 | 28 May 2024 (permit 3/39/21/028, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Dec 2021 (reference 3/39/21/028, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 May 2024 (appeal granted, reference 3/39/21/028, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Jul 2023 (refused, reference 3/39/21/028, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 May 2024 (granted, reference 3/39/21/028, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elgin Energy ES Co Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 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 | 39.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1752, -3.3453 | 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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The Transmitting Station, Williton - Solar Farm (Wyndham Estate) is the 1,108th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,741st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 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 | 1,108th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,741st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,376th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 7 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| CGI Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 40 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 44 km |
Operator and place
More from Elgin Energy ES Co Limited
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- Pipplepen Farm Solar Park - Solar Farm32 MW · permitted
- Deptford Farm, Ebberley Hill - Solar Farm27.8 MW · permitted
- The Transmitting Station, Williton - Battery Storage (Wyndham Estate)20 MW · permitted
- Lychgate Lane, Aston Flamville - Solar Farm20 MW · under construction
- Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility20 MW · permitted
- Cullerlie Solar Farm13 MW · permitted
- Rochdale BESS grid connection99.9 MW
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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.
- © 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.