Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Green Lane, Moor Monkton - Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage System
Green Lane, Moor Monkton - Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage System is a planned solar power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Eden Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | At 450299 453859 Green Lane, Moor Monkton, York, YO26 8JN | 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 |
| Application date | 29 Apr 2025 (reference 25/01378/EIAMAJ, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Eden Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 86.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9847, -1.2445 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference 25/01378/EIAMAJ)
How it compares
Green Lane, Moor Monkton - Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage System is the 454th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 800th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 454th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 800th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,897th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 320 grid connections (158 operating, 1,654 MW), 250 substations, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atterwith Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Battery storage 35 MW grid connection at Poppleton Station BESS | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Solar 35 MW grid connection at Poppleton Station Solar Farm | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Moor Monkton Pumps | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Poppleton | Substation | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Gale Lane | Substation | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 9.5 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 31 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.
- 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.
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