Power plant · Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Dean Moor Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Dean Moor Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a power plant in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, with 150 MW of capacity, operated by Firma Energy, Vogt Solar and FVS Dean Moor 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 | Cumberland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Cumberland (coordinates), England (North West) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 1.1km east of Lillyhall Industrial Estate, Workington, CA14 4RB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site located primarily to the west of the A5086 at Branthwaite Edge, and approximately 6.5 KM south | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 2 Jul 2026 (permit EN010155, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 2 Jul 2026 (permit EN010155, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Mar 2025 (reference EN010155, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Mar 2025 (reference EN010155, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Jul 2026 (granted, reference EN010155, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Jul 2026 (granted, reference EN010155, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Firma Energy (Firma Energy / IB Vogt) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Vogt Solar (Firma Energy / IB Vogt) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | FVS Dean Moor Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 150 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 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 277 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 275 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.5972, -3.4750 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010155)
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010155) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010155) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010155)
Also recorded as
2 sources record Dean Moor Solar Farm & Battery Storage; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Moor Solar Farm & Battery Storage | asset:repd:14550 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | — |
| Dean Moor Solar Farm | asset:pins-nsip:en010155 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | Same planning reference |
How it compares
Dean Moor Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 219th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 349th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 150 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 | 219th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 349th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 998th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 91 grid connections (53 operating, 654 MW) and 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Pot Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Distington Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 2.32 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Rigg House grid connection | Grid connection | 150 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| HDA NO1 | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Leyland National | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| HDA NO2 | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
Operators and place
Other power plants in England
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.