Power plant · South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Gonerby Moor, Great Gonerby - Solar Farm
Gonerby Moor, Great Gonerby - Solar Farm is a power plant in South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 60 MW of capacity, operated by Sonnedix.
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 | South Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Gonerby Moor Great Gonerby, NG31 | 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 | 2026 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 3 Nov 2021 (permit S21/1018, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 May 2021 (reference S21/1018, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Nov 2021 (granted, reference S21/1018, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sonnedix | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60 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 | 76.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9566, -0.6712 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority South Kesteven, reference S21/1018)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Kesteven, reference S21/1018)
How it compares
Gonerby Moor, Great Gonerby - Solar Farm is the 129th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 264th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 60 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 129th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 264th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,609th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 grid connections (4 operating, 14.4 MW), 4 data centers, 4 substations and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 26 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 30 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 34 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 39 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 41 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.