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Wren Power and Pulp (Rivenhall Airfield)
Wren Power and Pulp (Rivenhall Airfield) is a 1.8 MW anaerobic digestion plant under construction in Braintree. Planning permission was granted on 2 March 2010, 18 months after submission. Operator of record: Gent Fairhead Environmental Services.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 8 September 2008 |
| Permission granted | 2 March 2010 18 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
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How big is Wren Power and Pulp (Rivenhall Airfield)?
Wren Power and Pulp (Rivenhall Airfield) has a recorded installed capacity of 1.8 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 Wren Power and Pulp (Rivenhall Airfield)?
REPD records the operator as Gent Fairhead Environmental Services. 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 Wren Power and Pulp (Rivenhall Airfield) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 8 September 2008. Permission was granted on 2 March 2010, 18 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 352.
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