Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Back Lane, Skerne - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Back Lane, Skerne - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 45 MW of capacity, operated by Baywa R.E. UK 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 | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Back Lane, Skerne, Driffield, YO25 9HP | 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 | 23 Oct 2020 (permit 20/01962/STPLF, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Jul 2020 (ref. 20/01962/STPLF, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Oct 2020 (granted, ref. 20/01962/STPLF, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Baywa R.E. UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 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 |
| Coordinates | 53.9842, -0.4046 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Back Lane, Skerne - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 811th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,289th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 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 | 811th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,289th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,422nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 250 grid connections (122 operating, 2,096 MW), 115 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 CO2 emitter, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuch Farm Solar Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 75 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Driffield | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Driffield/Beverley Group | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 60 MW grid connection at Harmony Energy Storage | Grid connection | 60 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Solar 35 MW grid connection at Sunderlandwick PV Farm | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Kirkburn | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 20 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 29 km |
| Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 44 km |
Operator and place
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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.