Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Barnard Castle - Solar Farm & Battery Storage System
Barnard Castle - Solar Farm & Battery Storage System is a permitted power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 16 MW of capacity, operated by Farm Energy.
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 | Barnard Castle Solar Farm, A688 Marwood, Barnard Castle, DL12 8RJ | 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 | 10 Jun 2025 (permit DM/23/02510/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 | 21 Aug 2023 (reference DM/23/02510/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Jun 2025 (granted, reference DM/23/02510/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Farm Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16 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 | 27.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.5523, -1.9025 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/23/02510/FPA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/23/02510/FPA)
How it compares
Barnard Castle - Solar Farm & Battery Storage System is the 1,324th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,070th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 16 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 | 1,324th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,070th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,369th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 223 grid connections (110 operating, 1,079 MW), 120 substations and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generation 1.425 MW grid connection at Harmire Bridge | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Solar 12.75 MW grid connection at Harmire Bridge | Grid connection | 12.8 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Harmire Bridge | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Solar 42.75 MW grid connection at Bluestone Farm PV | Grid connection | 42.8 MW | Planned | 11 km |
| Fylands Bridge | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Toronto | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 43 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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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