Power plant · West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Exolum, Silver Lane - Solar PV Array
Exolum, Silver Lane - Solar PV Array is a permitted power plant in West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.5 MW of capacity, operated by Exolum 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 | West Berkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Exolum, Silver Lane, Padworth Common, Reading, RG7 4QR | 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 | 5 Jun 2026 (permit 25/02133/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Oct 2025 (reference 25/02133/FUL, planning authority West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Jun 2026 (granted, reference 25/02133/FUL, planning authority West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Exolum Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.5 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 | 0.99 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3849, -1.0969 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority West Berkshire, reference 25/02133/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Berkshire, reference 25/02133/FUL)
How it compares
Exolum, Silver Lane - Solar PV Array is the 1,935th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,924th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.5 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 | 1,935th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,924th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,143rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 241 substations, 212 grid connections (107 operating, 1,090 MW) and 81 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padworth Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Mortimer Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Solar 1.155 MW grid connection at Tadley | Grid connection | 1.16 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Generation 47.5 MW grid connection at Burghfield Reserve | Grid connection | 47.5 MW | Planned | 4.6 km |
| Trash Green Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Withy Place grid connection | Grid connection | 51.8 MW | Planned | 4.8 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Asanti - Reading | Data center | — | — | 9.8 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.