Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Froghall Farm, Wyton Road - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage
Froghall Farm, Wyton Road - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by GAM Capital Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South & W/O Froghall Farm, Wyton Road, Preston, Hull, HU12 8TY | 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 | 11 Nov 2024 (permit 23/00760/STPLFE, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Mar 2023 (ref. 23/00760/STPLFE, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Nov 2024 (granted, ref. 23/00760/STPLFE, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | GAM Capital Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 98.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7666, -0.2281 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Froghall Farm, Wyton Road - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage is the 514th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 514th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 230 grid connections (116 operating, 1,909 MW), 111 substations, 1 CO2 emitter and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 49.9 MW grid connection at Trinity House Solar Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Battery storage 240 MW grid connection at NEL Suggit BESS Direct | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Gas 21 MW grid connection at Bilton Generation 33kV | Grid connection | 21 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Yorkshire Water Hull Road | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Holderness | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Hull East 132/33kV | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 11 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 13 km |
Operator and place
More from GAM Capital Limited
- Clough Road - Battery Energy System130 MW · permitted
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- Stoneclough - Battery Energy Storage7 MW · permitted
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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.