Power plant · Enfield, England, United Kingdom
Iceland, Solar Way - Solar Photovoltaic Array
Iceland, Solar Way - Solar Photovoltaic Array is a permitted power plant in Enfield, England, United Kingdom, with 2.64 MW of capacity, operated by Ortus Energy.
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 | Enfield (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 5 Solar Way, Enfield, EN3 7XY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · 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 | 29 Jan 2024 (permit 23/02974/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Enfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Oct 2023 (reference 23/02974/FUL, planning authority Enfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Jan 2024 (granted, reference 23/02974/FUL, planning authority Enfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ortus Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.64 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 | 1.27 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6773, -0.0184 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Enfield, reference 23/02974/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Enfield, reference 23/02974/FUL)
How it compares
Iceland, Solar Way - Solar Photovoltaic Array is the 1,789th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,734th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.64 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,789th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,734th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,906th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 132 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 77 substations, 36 grid connections (22 operating, 233 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Waltham Cross | Data center | 88 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Google Datacentre Waltham Cross | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Virtus LONDON1 | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 8.4 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 15 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 18 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.