Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Clean Air Solar Farm
Clean Air Solar Farm is a planned power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by Clean Air Renewables Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The project is across two main land parcels. The northern parcel is approximately three miles north of the town of Beverley, to the east of the A164. Plans for this land were presented at a consultation in February 2025 as ‘Kingfisher Solar Farm’. The southern parcel is located in close proximity to the grid connection point, southwest of the A1079 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Jun 2027 (ref. EN0110018, The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, June 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Clean Air Renewables Limited | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 500 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 3,147 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9371, -0.4297 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Clean Air Solar Farm is the 70th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 107th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 500 MW is 0.17% 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 | 70th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.27% |
| United Kingdom | 107th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 249th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 274 grid connections (133 operating, 2,231 MW), 126 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 CO2 emitter, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 49.999 MW grid connection at Scurf Dyke Solar Direct | Grid connection | 50 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Chuch Farm Solar Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 75 MW | Planned | 4.9 km |
| Solar 35 MW grid connection at Sunderlandwick PV Farm | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 5.8 km |
| Driffield/Beverley Group | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Driffield | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Kirkburn | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 15 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 50 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.