Power plant · Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Castle Eaton Farm
Castle Eaton Farm is a solar power plant in Swindon, England, United Kingdom, with 17.8 MW of capacity, operated by Hive 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 | Swindon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Mill Lane, Castle Eaton, Swindon, SN6 6JX | 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 | 2014 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 25 Mar 2013 (permit S/12/1766, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Dec 2012 (reference S/12/1766, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Mar 2013 (granted, reference S/12/1766, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hive Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 17.8 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 | 40.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6495, -1.7879 | 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 Swindon, reference S/12/1766)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Swindon, reference S/12/1766)
How it compares
Castle Eaton Farm is the 1,041st-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 1,729th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 17.8 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 1,041st of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,729th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,438th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 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: 188 grid connections (104 operating, 1,236 MW), 124 substations and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Eaton Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Orta Port PV grid connection | Grid connection | 27.2 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Down Ampney Airfield Quarry grid connection | Grid connection | 2.45 MW | Planned | 3.0 km |
| Stanton Fitzwarren Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Cricklade Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Fairford Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
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