Power plant · West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Aurora Solar Farm
Aurora Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 18 MW of capacity, operated by Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company 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 | West Oxfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Twelve Acre Farm, Chilbridge Road, Eynsham, Witney, OX29 4BH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 22 Apr 2021 (permit 19/02516/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Sept 2019 (reference 19/02516/FUL, planning authority West Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Apr 2021 (granted, reference 19/02516/FUL, planning authority West Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7814, -1.4006 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority West Oxfordshire, reference 19/02516/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Oxfordshire, reference 19/02516/FUL)
How it compares
Aurora Solar Farm is the 1,298th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,032nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,298th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,032nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,156th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 159 grid connections (81 operating, 947 MW), 140 substations and 19 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve Acre Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 21.5 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Eynsham Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Eynsham PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.49 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Oxfo 35MW - PV & Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Witney Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Witney BSP | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 24 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
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