Power plant · Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Elmsall Way, South Elmsall - Solar Panels
Elmsall Way, South Elmsall - Solar Panels is a solar power plant under construction in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, with 3 MW of capacity, operated by Next Holdings.
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 | Wakefield (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Stadium 2 Elmsall Way Dale Lane South Elmsall, WF9 2XS | 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 | 15 Sept 2022 (permit 22/00986/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 May 2022 (reference 22/00986/FUL, planning authority Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Sept 2022 (granted, reference 22/00986/FUL, planning authority Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Next Holdings | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 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 | 1.54 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6032, -1.2717 | 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 Wakefield, reference 22/00986/FUL)
- Construction started
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wakefield, reference 22/00986/FUL)
How it compares
Elmsall Way, South Elmsall - Solar Panels is the 1,373rd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,184th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,373rd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,184th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,368th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 416 grid connections (215 operating, 2,294 MW), 369 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil 1.6 MW grid connection at South Elmsall | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Solar 2 MW grid connection at South Elmsall | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Finlay Beverages Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| South Elmsall | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| South Kirkby | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Brodsworth | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Operator and place
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- 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. 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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