Power plant · Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Wroughton Airfield Solar Park
Wroughton Airfield Solar Park is a power plant in Swindon, England, United Kingdom, with 41 MW of capacity, operated by Rockfire Capital.
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 | Swindon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Science Museum, Orbital Road, Wroughton, Swindon | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 19 Mar 2015 (permit S/13/0809, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Jul 2013 (reference S/13/0809, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Mar 2015 (secretary of state granted, reference S/13/0809, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Rockfire Capital | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 41 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 | 67 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5108, -1.8096 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (secretary of state granted, planning authority Swindon, reference S/13/0809)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Swindon, reference S/13/0809)
How it compares
Wroughton Airfield Solar Park is the 302nd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 568th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 41 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 302nd of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 568th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,244th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 224 grid connections (126 operating, 1,408 MW), 148 substations, 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Museum grid connection | Grid connection | 70 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Wroughton Air Field grid connection | Grid connection | 46.1 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Lower Bassett Down Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 8.55 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Wroughton Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Quarry Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Toothill BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.1 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
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