Power plant · Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Gkn & Whippingham Technology Park, Beatrice Avenue - Solar Panels
Gkn & Whippingham Technology Park, Beatrice Avenue - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, with 1.3 MW of capacity, operated by GKN Aerospace Services 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 | Isle of Wight (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South Of GKN And West Of Whippingham Technology Park Off Beatrice Avenue East Cowes, PO32 6LW | 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 | 19 Oct 2023 (permit 23/00630/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Isle of Wight) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Apr 2023 (reference 23/00630/FUL, planning authority Isle of Wight) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Oct 2023 (granted, reference 23/00630/FUL, planning authority Isle of Wight) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | GKN Aerospace Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.3 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 | 2.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.7415, -1.2714 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Isle of Wight, reference 23/00630/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Isle of Wight, reference 23/00630/FUL)
How it compares
Gkn & Whippingham Technology Park, Beatrice Avenue - Solar Panels is the 1,979th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,978th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.3 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 | 1,979th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,978th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,203rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 184 grid connections (105 operating, 932 MW), 145 substations, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowes BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Cowes Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Werrar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Solar 3.325 MW grid connection at COWES | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Fairlee Farm PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 6.55 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Wootton Common BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| ServerHouse | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 14 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.