Power plant · Charnwood, England, United Kingdom
GDL Wymeswold Solar Farm/land off the A6006
GDL Wymeswold Solar Farm/land off the A6006 is a power plant in Charnwood, England, United Kingdom, with 6.1 MW of capacity, operated by Green Switch Solutions.
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 | Charnwood (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land south of Wide Lane Wymeswold Leicestershire | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Feb 2015 (permit P/14/1484/2, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Charnwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Aug 2014 (reference P/14/1484/2, planning authority Charnwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Feb 2015 (granted, reference P/14/1484/2, planning authority Charnwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Switch Solutions | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.1 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 | 13.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8102, -1.0844 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
GDL Wymeswold Solar Farm/land off the A6006 is the 1,604th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,534th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.1 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,604th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,534th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,064th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. P/14/1484/2
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 373 grid connections, 7 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wymeswold Narrow Lane PV grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Church Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Willoughby BESS grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 8.8 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 34 km |
Operator and place
More from Green Switch Solutions
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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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.