Power plant · East Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Gaston Lane, Farringdon - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Gaston Lane, Farringdon - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a planned power plant in East Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, with 44 MW of capacity, operated by Quintas Energy UK Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Hampshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Gaston Lane, Farringdon, GU34 3EE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Jun 2025 (reference EHDC-25-0716-FUL, planning authority East Hampshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Quintas Energy UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 44 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 | 68 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1148, -0.9781 | 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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Gaston Lane, Farringdon - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 818th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,309th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 44 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 | 818th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,309th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,449th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 236 substations, 232 grid connections (124 operating, 1,197 MW), 33 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Manor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 64 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Alton Local Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Alton BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Herriard Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1164817477) | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Datum Farnborough Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 22 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.
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- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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