Power plant · East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm)
Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm) is a solar power plant in East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 22.6 MW of capacity, operated by Innova Renewables.
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 Lindsey (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Manor Farm, Wainfleet Road, Irby-in-the-Marsh, Skegness, PE24 5AY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2024 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 30 Nov 2017 (permit S/051/00772/17, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 May 2017 (reference S/051/00772/17, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Nov 2017 (granted, reference S/051/00772/17, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Innova Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 22.6 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 | 34.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1482, 0.1952 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority East Lindsey, reference S/051/00772/17)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Lindsey, reference S/051/00772/17)
How it compares
Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm) is the 830th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 1,383rd-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 22.6 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 830th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,383rd of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,176th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 18 grid connections (8 operating, 83.6 MW), 16 substations and 5 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 15 km |
| Ossian Transmission Infrastructure | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 16 km |
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at South Reston | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 20 km |
| South Reston | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Wind 20 MW grid connection at Gayton le Marsh Windfarm | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 28 km |
| Keddington Road | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Louth | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Solar 7.5 MW grid connection at Keddington Road | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Operating | 31 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.