Power plant · Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom
High Rigg Solar Farm - Solar Panels
High Rigg Solar Farm - Solar Panels is a cancelled solar power plant in Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Noventum Power 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 | Westmorland and Furness (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Devonshire Square, Calthwaite, Penrith, CA11 9QE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Jul 2025 (reference 2025/1267/FPA, planning authority Westmorland and Furness) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Mar 2026 (refused, reference 2025/1267/FPA, planning authority Westmorland and Furness) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Noventum Power Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 | 48.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.7483, -2.8763 | 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.
- Permit refused (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 2025/1267/FPA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 2025/1267/FPA)
How it compares
High Rigg Solar Farm - Solar Panels is the 649th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 1,074th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 649th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,074th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,216th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 100 grid connections (49 operating, 490 MW), 52 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inglewood Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.0 km |
| Skelton C | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Hutton End | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Low Dyke grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Low Dyke grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Sebergham | Substation | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 44 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
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