Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Amazon UK Services - Photovoltaic System
Amazon UK Services - Photovoltaic System is a permitted power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 3.45 MW of capacity, operated by Zestec Asset Management.
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 | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Amazon Uk Services, Unit 1, Integra 61, West Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5FG | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 6 Apr 2022 (permit DM/21/01744/FPA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Jan 2022 (ref. DM/21/01744/FPA, County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Apr 2022 (granted, ref. DM/21/01744/FPA, County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Zestec Asset Management | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.45 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 | 17.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.7259, -1.5287 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Amazon UK Services - Photovoltaic System is the 1,739th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,668th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.45 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 | 1,739th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,668th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,828th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 286 grid connections (144 operating, 1,384 MW) and 169 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 46.55 MW grid connection at Hett Moor Solar Direct | Grid connection | 46.6 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 100 MW grid connection at Bowburn SPV and BESS | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Battery storage 118.8 MW grid connection at Porch House Farm BESS Direct | Grid connection | 119 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Spennymoor 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Spennymoor GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Spennymoor 132/66kV | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.