Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Hallfield Farm, Easington - Solar Farm
Hallfield Farm, Easington - Solar Farm is a planned power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Eden Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hallfield Farm Easington, SR8 3NY | 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 | 12 Jul 2025 (reference DM/25/01881/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Eden Renewables | 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 | 78.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.7941, -1.3670 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/25/01881/FPA)
How it compares
Hallfield Farm, Easington - Solar Farm is the 514th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 514th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 279 grid connections (140 operating, 1,776 MW), 163 substations and 5 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 100 MW grid connection at Hawthorn Coke Works | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Battery storage 101.3 MW grid connection at Woodland BESS | Grid connection | 101 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Hawthorn Pit Bess | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Hawthorn Pit | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Peterlee Industrial | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Stoney Cut | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Operator and place
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- Forest Gate - Solar Farm & Battery Storage49.9 MW · permitted
- Leigh Delamere - Solar farm & Battery storage49.9 MW · under construction
- Red Barn - Solar Farm & Battery Storage40 MW · permitted
- Red Barn - Solar Farm & Battery Storage40 MW · permitted
- Forest Gate - Solar Farm & Battery Storage40 MW · permitted
- Leigh Delamere - Solar farm & Battery storage40 MW · under construction
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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