Power plant · Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm
Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom, with 16.5 MW of capacity, operated by BeBa Energy UK Limited and University of Lancaster.
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 | Lancaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hazelrigg Lane Scotforth, Lancaster, LA1 | 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 | 9 Mar 2022 (permit 21/01247/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Oct 2021 (reference 21/01247/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Mar 2022 (granted, reference 21/01247/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BeBa Energy UK Limited (BeBa Energy UK Limited / University of Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | University of Lancaster (BeBa Energy UK Limited / University of Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16.5 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 | 21.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.0288, -2.7929 | 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.
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Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm is the 1,319th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,063rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 16.5 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,319th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,063rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,341st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 219 grid connections (117 operating, 1,332 MW), 157 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrow Beck | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Arna Wood Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.8 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Lancaster WWTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.61 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Arna Wood grid connection | Grid connection | 12 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Spring Garden St 6.6KV | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Spring Garden St 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 18 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 34 km |
Operators and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.