Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Helios Renewable Energy Project
Helios Renewable Energy Project is a power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 190 MW of capacity, operated by Enso Green Holdings D Limited.
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 Yorkshire (coordinates), England | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land to the south west of the village of Camblesforth and to the north of the village of Hirst Court | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Sw/O Camblesforth & N/O Hirst Courtney, Selby, YO8 8QT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 3 Dec 2025 (permit EN010140, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 3 Dec 2025 (permit EN010140, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Jul 2024 (ref. EN010140, The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Jul 2024 (ref. EN010140, The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Dec 2025 (granted, ref. EN010140, The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Dec 2025 (granted, ref. EN010140, The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Enso Green Holdings D Limited | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Enso Green Holdings D Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 190 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 | 473 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 757 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7362, -1.0408 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Also recorded as
2 sources record Helios Renewable Energy Project; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helios Renewable Energy Project | asset:pins-nsip:en010140 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Helios Renewable Energy Project | asset:repd:11476 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | Same name and operator |
How it compares
Helios Renewable Energy Project is the 211th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 332nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 190 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 | 211th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 332nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 900th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 496 grid connections (243 operating, 2,734 MW), 357 substations and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 49 MW grid connection at Camela Lane Solar | Grid connection | 49 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 45 MW grid connection at Selby Road Hybrid | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Battery storage 110.2 MW grid connection at Oak Energy Park Direct | Grid connection | 110 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Drax Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Camblesforth | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Drax | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 24 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 42 km |
Operator 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.
- 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.