Power plant · Exeter, England, United Kingdom
Exeter City Council - Solar Panel Array
Exeter City Council - Solar Panel Array is a permitted power plant in Exeter, England, United Kingdom, with 1.2 MW of capacity, operated by Exeter City 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 | Exeter (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Exeter City Council, Canal Banks, Green Waste Facility, Exeter, EX2 8DX | 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 | 29 Oct 2019 (permit 19/0458/ECC, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Exeter) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Sept 2019 (reference 19/0458/ECC, planning authority Exeter) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Oct 2019 (granted, reference 19/0458/ECC, planning authority Exeter) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Exeter City Council | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.2 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 | 0.91 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.7079, -3.5210 | 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 Exeter, reference 19/0458/ECC)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Exeter, reference 19/0458/ECC)
How it compares
Exeter City Council - Solar Panel Array is the 2,015th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,020th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.2 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 | 2,015th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,020th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,251st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 grid connection, 1 substation and 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newlands Power Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 52.5 MW | Planned | 41 km |
| Axminster GSP | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| Tungsten West | Mine | — | — | 48 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.
- © European Union, European Commission (DG GROW). EU CRMA strategic projects, 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.
- 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.