Power plant · Breckland, England, United Kingdom
High Grove Solar
High Grove Solar is a planned solar power plant in Breckland, England, United Kingdom, with 720 MW of capacity, operated by RWE Renewables UK Solar and Storage 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 | Breckland (coordinates), England (Eastern) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The proposals are situated within the Breckland District Council area of Norfolk, located approximately 17km west of Norwich and 1km west of Dereham. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Oct 2026 (reference EN0110010, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected October 2026) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RWE Renewables UK Solar and Storage Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 720 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 |
| Area | 3,324 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.6561, 0.7545 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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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High Grove Solar is the 57th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 86th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 720 MW is 0.26% 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 | 57th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.42% |
| United Kingdom | 86th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.26% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 175th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | 0.11% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 26 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 36 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Operator and place
More from RWE Renewables UK Solar and Storage Limited
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- Cotmoor Lane49.9 MW
- Tween Bridge Solar Farmpower plant · planned
- Tween Bridge Solar Park grid connection800 MW
- J212 High Grove Solar grid connection720 MW
- Great Oak Solar grid connection700 MW
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.