Power plant · Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
Calsonic Kansei - Solar Array
Calsonic Kansei - Solar Array is a permitted power plant in Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, with 2.07 MW of capacity, operated by SNRG Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Sunderland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Calsonic Kansei Limited, Pennywell Industrial Estate, Sunderland, SR4 9EW | 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 | 12 Jun 2024 (permit 24/00715/PCZ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Sunderland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Apr 2024 (ref. 24/00715/PCZ, Sunderland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Jun 2024 (granted, ref. 24/00715/PCZ, Sunderland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SNRG Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.07 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 | 54.8927, -1.4517 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Calsonic Kansei - Solar Array is the 1,845th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,802nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.07 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 | 1,845th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,802nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,000th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 279 grid connections (142 operating, 1,737 MW) and 164 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 2.09 MW grid connection at Pallion Trading | Grid connection | 2.09 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Battery storage 30 MW grid connection at Foxcover Road BESS | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Battery storage 38 MW grid connection at Hastings Hills BESS | Grid connection | 38 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Offerton | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Offerton 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Pallion Trading | Substation | — | — | 2.6 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.
- 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.
- 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.