Power plant · Boston, England, United Kingdom
Cowbridge Road, Bicker Fen - Solar Array
Cowbridge Road, Bicker Fen - Solar Array is a power plant under construction in Boston, England, United Kingdom, with 75 MW of capacity, operated by AGR Solar 2 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 | Boston (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | W/O Cowbridge Road, Bicker Fen, Boston, PE20 3BN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 21 Jul 2023 (permit H04-0849-22, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Holland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Sept 2022 (reference H04-0849-22, planning authority South Holland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Jul 2023 (granted, reference H04-0849-22, planning authority South Holland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AGR Solar 2 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 75 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 | 97.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9231, -0.2076 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority South Holland, reference H04-0849-22)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Holland, reference H04-0849-22)
How it compares
Cowbridge Road, Bicker Fen - Solar Array is the 355th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 611th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 75 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 | 355th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 611th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,554th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 transmission lines, 4 data centers, 2 substations and 1 grid connection (5 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 1.2 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 9.5 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 45 km |
| Belmont Covert | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at South Reston | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 48 km |
| South Reston | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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