Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Hull Solar Farm
Hull Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 25.7 MW of capacity, operated by Gridserve.
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 | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land South Of, Main Road, Bilton, Hull, HU11 4 | 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 | 15 Oct 2015 (permit 15/01752/STPLF, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Jun 2015 (ref. 15/01752/STPLF, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Oct 2015 (granted, ref. 15/01752/STPLF, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Gridserve | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25.7 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 |
| Coordinates | 53.7738, -0.2365 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Hull Solar Farm is the 1,104th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,735th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25.7 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 | 1,104th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,735th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,356th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 235 grid connections (118 operating, 1,929 MW), 113 substations, 1 CO2 emitter and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 21 MW grid connection at Bilton Generation 33kV | Grid connection | 21 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Solar 49.9 MW grid connection at Trinity House Solar Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Holderness | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Battery storage 240 MW grid connection at NEL Suggit BESS Direct | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Hull East 132/33kV | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Hull East 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 11 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 12 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.