Power plant · East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
Fen Farm - Solar Park
Fen Farm - Solar Park is a permitted power plant in East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by Ecotricity.
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 | East Lindsey (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Fen Farm, S/O Fen Lane, Conisholme, Louth, LN11 7LU | 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 | 2 Aug 2024 (permit N/036/00565/24, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Apr 2024 (reference N/036/00565/24, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Aug 2024 (granted, reference N/036/00565/24, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ecotricity | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14 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 | 20.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4232, 0.0909 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Fen Farm - Solar Park is the 1,383rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,154th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,383rd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,154th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,593rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 165 grid connections (67 operating, 998 MW), 69 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar and Wind 17 MW grid connection at Fen Farm Windfarm | Grid connection | 17 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Grainthorpe | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Fen Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Solar 9 MW grid connection at Fen Farm Windfarm | Grid connection | 9 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Keddington Road | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Louth | Substation | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 16 km |
| Ossian Transmission Infrastructure | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 22 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 44 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.