Power plant · New Forest, England, United Kingdom
Hamer Warren Solar Farm
Hamer Warren Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in New Forest, England, United Kingdom, with 23 MW of capacity, operated by Somerley Estate.
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 | New Forest (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hamer Warren, Somerley, Ringwood, BH24 3FN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 3 Feb 2021 (permit 20/11073, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Oct 2020 (reference 20/11073, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Feb 2021 (granted, reference 20/11073, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Somerley Estate | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23 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 | 38.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8904, -1.8087 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority New Forest, reference 20/11073)
- Permit applied for (planning authority New Forest, reference 20/11073)
How it compares
Hamer Warren Solar Farm is the 1,162nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,821st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23 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 | 1,162nd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,821st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,527th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 216 grid connections (130 operating, 1,126 MW), 165 substations and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamer Warren PV grid connection | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Crossroads PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.82 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Blue Haze Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Mill Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Fordingbridge Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Verwood Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- © 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.
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