Power plant · Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Finlay Beverages, Elmsall Way - Solar Panels
Finlay Beverages, Elmsall Way - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, with 1.65 MW of capacity, operated by Olympus Power.
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 | Wakefield (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Finlay Beverages Unit 2 Elmsall Way South Elmsall, WF9 2XS | 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 | 9 Aug 2024 (permit 24/01022/SPN, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 May 2024 (reference 24/01022/SPN, planning authority Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Aug 2024 (granted, reference 24/01022/SPN, planning authority Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Olympus Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.65 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 |
| Coordinates | 53.6032, -1.2717 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Finlay Beverages, Elmsall Way - Solar Panels is the 1,908th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,892nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.65 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 | 1,908th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,892nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,104th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 488 grid connections (215 operating, 2,294 MW), 366 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil 1.6 MW grid connection at South Elmsall | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Solar 2 MW grid connection at South Elmsall | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Finlay Beverages Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| South Elmsall | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| South Kirkby | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Brodsworth | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.