Power plant · King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Estuary Farm, Edward Benefer Way - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Estuary Farm, Edward Benefer Way - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, operated by Namene Solar.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | King's Lynn and West Norfolk (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Estuary Farm, Edward Benefer Way, Kings Lynn, PE30 2HY | 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 | 8 Dec 2021 (permit 21/01432/FM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by King's Lynn and West Norfolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Jul 2021 (reference 21/01432/FM, planning authority King's Lynn and West Norfolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Dec 2021 (granted, reference 21/01432/FM, planning authority King's Lynn and West Norfolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Namene Solar | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7617, 0.4020 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority King's Lynn and West Norfolk, reference 21/01432/FM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority King's Lynn and West Norfolk, reference 21/01432/FM)
How it compares
Estuary Farm, Edward Benefer Way - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 1,344th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,094th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 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 | 1,344th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,094th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,421st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 transmission lines and 3 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 4.9 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 7.5 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 40 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 46 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.