Power plant · Boston, England, United Kingdom
Kirton Solar PV Farm
Kirton Solar PV Farm is a power plant in Boston, England, United Kingdom, with 3.2 MW of capacity, operated by Ethical Power.
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 | Boston (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land off Meeres Lane and adjacent to Pick's Barn, Kirton, Boston, PE20 1PR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 7 May 2015 (permit B/15/0001, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Boston) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Nov 2014 (reference B/15/0001, planning authority Boston) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 May 2015 (granted, reference B/15/0001, planning authority Boston) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ethical Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.2 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 | 6.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9329, -0.0933 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Boston, reference B/15/0001)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Boston, reference B/15/0001)
How it compares
Kirton Solar PV Farm is the 2,512th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,718th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.2 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 2,512th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,718th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,626th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 transmission lines, 4 data centers, 3 substations and 1 grid connection (5 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 3.9 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 8.5 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 39 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 41 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at South Reston | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 45 km |
| Belmont Covert | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| South Reston | Substation | — | — | 46 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.
- 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.