Power plant · Woking, England, United Kingdom
Kestrel Way - Solar Panels
Kestrel Way - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Woking, England, United Kingdom, with 1.47 MW of capacity, operated by Digital Realty.
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 | Woking (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Unit 21, Kestrel Way, Woking, GU21 3BA | 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 | 6 Mar 2024 (permit PLAN/2024/0010, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Woking) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Jan 2024 (reference PLAN/2024/0010, planning authority Woking) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Mar 2024 (granted, reference PLAN/2024/0010, planning authority Woking) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Digital Realty | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.47 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 | 51.3248, -0.5819 | 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 Woking, reference PLAN/2024/0010)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Woking, reference PLAN/2024/0010)
How it compares
Kestrel Way - Solar Panels is the 1,953rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,948th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.47 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 | 1,953rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,948th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,168th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 200 substations, 148 data centers, 129 grid connections (71 operating, 754 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty LGW14 | Data center | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Chobham Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Ark Data Centres - Longcross Park | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| MVEE Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Redcentric Byfleet | Data center | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Normandy Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Waste 3.325 MW grid connection at Causeway | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Ready - 200MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| Generation 1.7 MW grid connection at Sunbury Cross | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 13 km |
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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.
- 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.