Power plant · Knowsley, England, United Kingdom
Ford Halewood Transmissions Spekere, Boulevard - Solar Array
Ford Halewood Transmissions Spekere, Boulevard - Solar Array is a permitted power plant in Knowsley, England, United Kingdom, with 1.26 MW of capacity, operated by On Site Energy 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 | Knowsley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ford Halewood Transmissions Spekere, Boulevard, Speke, Liverpool, L24 9LE | 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 | 6 Dec 2023 (permit 23/01899/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Knowsley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Jul 2023 (reference 23/01899/FUL, planning authority Knowsley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Dec 2023 (granted, reference 23/01899/FUL, planning authority Knowsley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | On Site Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.26 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 | 53.3532, -2.8240 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Knowsley, reference 23/01899/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Knowsley, reference 23/01899/FUL)
How it compares
Ford Halewood Transmissions Spekere, Boulevard - Solar Array is the 2,004th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,008th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.26 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 | 2,004th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,008th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,236th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 251 substations, 248 grid connections (144 operating, 1,222 MW), 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.9 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Amazon Man 8 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.39 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.17 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 18 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.