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Carn Vean
Carn Vean is operational in Cornwall with a recorded capacity of 10 MW, and has been generating since 2008-10-30.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2008-06-26 |
| Permission granted | 2008-09-11 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 2008-10-30 2 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Cornwall’s record on onshore wind
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| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Nancrossa Farm solar park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6 | 2.2 km |
Pencoose Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.5 | 2.5 km |
Little White Alice Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.3 | 2.9 km |
Roskrow Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.9 | 3.9 km |
Roskrow Wind Turbines Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.7 | 4 km |
LITTLE TREVEASE SOLAR PARK Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.3 | 4.2 km |
United Downs Project (Geothermal) Hot Dry Rocks (HDR) · Operational | 3 | 6 km |
United Mines Landfill Scheme Landfill Gas · Operational | 3 | 6.6 km |
How big is Carn Vean?
Carn Vean has a recorded installed capacity of 10 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Carn Vean?
REPD records the operator as Unknown. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Carn Vean approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2008-06-26. Permission was granted on 2008-09-11, 3 months later. The site became operational on 2008-10-30, 2 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 3077.
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