Power plant · Wokingham, England, United Kingdom
Barkham Farms - Solar Farm
Barkham Farms - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Wokingham, England, United Kingdom, with 33 MW of capacity, operated by Wokingham Borough Council.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wokingham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Barkham Farms Barkham Wokingham, RG40 4EX | 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 | 21 Jan 2022 (permit 211081, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wokingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Mar 2021 (reference 211081, planning authority Wokingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Jan 2022 (granted, reference 211081, planning authority Wokingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wokingham Borough Council | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 33 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 | 52 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3877, -0.8683 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Barkham Farms - Solar Farm is the 971st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,543rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 33 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 | 971st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,543rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,914th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 246 substations, 173 grid connections (87 operating, 958 MW) and 99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkham PV Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Wokingham BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Wokingham Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Arborfield Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Arborfield PV grid connection | Grid connection | 14 MW | Operating | 3.6 km |
| CSquare London LHR3 | Data center | — | — | 5.7 km |
| AWS Bracknell Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Amazon Web Services | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Sheepbridge Court Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.88 MW | Operating | 6.7 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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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