Power plant · South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
The Wave - Solar & Battery Development
The Wave - Solar & Battery Development is a cancelled power plant in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, with 2.97 MW of capacity, operated by The Wave Group 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 | South Gloucestershire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land West Of The Wave Main Road Easter Compton South, Bristol, BS35 5RE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 22 Oct 2021 (permit P21/00356/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Feb 2021 (reference P21/00356/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Oct 2021 (granted, reference P21/00356/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | The Wave Group Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.97 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 | 4.65 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5413, -2.6179 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority South Gloucestershire, reference P21/00356/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Gloucestershire, reference P21/00356/F)
How it compares
The Wave - Solar & Battery Development is the 2,992nd-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 4,353rd-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.97 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,992nd of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,353rd of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,311th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 86 grid connections (51 operating, 694 MW), 34 substations, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 2.5 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 11 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Spring Quarry West Primary | Substation | — | — | 30 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its 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.
- 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.