Power plant · Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom
CooperVision, Ensign Way - Solar Panels
CooperVision, Ensign Way - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom, with 1.37 MW of capacity, operated by Ylem Energy Limited.
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 | Eastleigh (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Cooper Vision, South Point 3 And 4, Ensign Way, Southampton, SO31 4RF | 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 | 17 Sept 2024 (permit PN/24/97950, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Eastleigh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Aug 2024 (reference PN/24/97950, planning authority Eastleigh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Sept 2024 (granted, reference PN/24/97950, planning authority Eastleigh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ylem Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.37 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 | 50.8581, -1.3234 | 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.
- Permit granted (planning authority Eastleigh, reference PN/24/97950)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Eastleigh, reference PN/24/97950)
How it compares
CooperVision, Ensign Way - Solar Panels is the 1,966th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,964th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.37 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 | 1,966th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,964th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,189th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 226 grid connections (128 operating, 1,138 MW), 187 substations, 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamble Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Waste 1.197 MW grid connection at Weston | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Netley PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Fawley Battery Energy Storage Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Park Gate Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Weston Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 5.6 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.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.