Power plant · North Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Green Hill Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Green Hill Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a planned power plant in North Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 600 MW of capacity, operated by Island Green Power.
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 | North Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Wilby Road, Mears Ashby, NN6 0EB | 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 |
| Part of | Green Hill Solar Farm (matched by planning reference) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Jun 2025 (reference EN010170, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Island Green Power (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 600 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 | 174 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2911, -0.7647 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted: Green Hill Solar Farm (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010170) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010170)
- Permit applied for: Green Hill Solar Farm (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010170) · source
How it compares
Green Hill Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 60th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 90th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 600 MW is 0.21% of the 279,978 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 | 60th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | 0.35% |
| United Kingdom | 90th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | 0.21% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 192nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 10 data centers, 6 grid connections (1 operating, 4.75 MW) and 4 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| The Horizon Centre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 43 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 45 km |
| Launton - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 47 km |
| Bicester North Primary | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
Operator and place
More from Island Green Power
- Cottam Solar Project600 MW · permitted
- Green Hill Solar Farm & Battery Storage600 MW · planned
- Lime Down - Solar Project500 MW · planned
- Lime Down - Battery Storage500 MW · planned
- East Pye Solar Farm500 MW · planned
- Abbotshaugh Battery Storage500 MW · planned
- The Droves Solar Farm500 MW · planned
- West Burton Solar Project480 MW · permitted
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
- Navitus Bay Wind Park970 MW
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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.