Power plant · West Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Bardwell Fields, Knox Lane - Solar Farm
Bardwell Fields, Knox Lane - Solar Farm is a planned power plant in West Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, with 42 MW of capacity, operated by Opdenergy UK 23 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | West Suffolk (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Bardwell Fields, S/O Knox Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1BD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Jun 2025 (reference DC/25/0980/FUL, planning authority West Suffolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Opdenergy UK 23 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 42 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 | 55.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3232, 0.8598 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority West Suffolk, reference DC/25/0980/FUL)
How it compares
Bardwell Fields, Knox Lane - Solar Farm is the 827th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,323rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 42 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 | 827th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,323rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,487th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 transmission lines and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 35 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 39 km |
| LionLink Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 48 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 49 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.
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