Power plant · Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom
Goose Willow Farm
Goose Willow Farm is a solar power plant in Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom, with 11.5 MW of capacity, operated by Ikaros Solar 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 | Vale of White Horse (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hanney Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6AP | 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 | 2013 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Dec 2012 (permit P12/V2112/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Vale of White Horse) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Oct 2012 (reference P12/V2112/FUL, planning authority Vale of White Horse) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Dec 2012 (granted, reference P12/V2112/FUL, planning authority Vale of White Horse) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ikaros Solar Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11.5 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 | 25.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6363, -1.3540 | 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 Vale of White Horse, reference P12/V2112/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Vale of White Horse, reference P12/V2112/FUL)
How it compares
Goose Willow Farm is the 1,374th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 2,214th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 11.5 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 1,374th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,214th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,229th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 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: 220 grid connections (111 operating, 1,395 MW), 194 substations and 26 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 85.5 MW grid connection at Cowley GSP | Grid connection | 85.5 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Steventon Fields grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Drayton BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| 40MW Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Milton Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Winsmore Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 7.4 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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