Power plant · Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Elstow Landfill Site Solar Farm
Elstow Landfill Site Solar Farm is a solar power plant under construction in Bedford, England, United Kingdom, with 5.5 MW of capacity, operated by Bedford Borough Council.
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 | Bedford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Elstow Landfill Site, Wilstead Road, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9YU | 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 | 30 Nov 2020 (permit 20/01987/FULWM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bedford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Sept 2020 (reference 20/01987/FULWM, planning authority Bedford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Nov 2020 (granted, reference 20/01987/FULWM, planning authority Bedford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bedford Borough Council | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5.5 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 | 6.16 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.1327, -0.4668 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Bedford, reference 20/01987/FULWM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bedford, reference 20/01987/FULWM)
How it compares
Elstow Landfill Site is the 1,272nd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,037th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.5 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 | 1,272nd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,037th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,182nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 17 data centers, 5 grid connections (1 operating, 4.75 MW) and 2 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 46 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 48 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 49 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- 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.
- © 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.